what should i write about? it's funny but since not many things have changed in benin since my last visit, nothing seems interesting enough to write about.
i could write about:
>> friends graduating from the university and taking on new challenges
>> children growing up, becoming more and more responsible and helping out their parents a lot
>> frisbee, joggling and polish sweets that have found their place forever in the beninese culture :)
>> regional globalisation of benin (regionalisation?:)). some time ago attcheque could only be found in rare ivoirien food stands. now it's everywhere and so are other products from all around west africa. now you don't have to go to ghana or other places to find ghanian food and clothes.
>> roadworks - hopefull but extremely slow and annoying.
>> private initiatives, like the one of people fixing local dirt roads: anyone can fix a large hole in the road by putting there a heap of trash. then he'd block the road with a rope and collect donation from those who want to pass. it's a brilliant example of self-employment (in the country where 90% of people are working in informal sector) and working for the community. the only problem is that it doesn't guarantee the quality of work nor enough revenue for the worker
>> the beauty of porto-novo. uncomparable to cotonou - quiet, beautiful and relaxed.
>> brilliance of songhai, the educational farm in porto-novo. they develop easy sollutions for agriculture, animal farming and production that can be adopted with very few resources. it's criticised for being too commercial but i have lots of respect for them anyway
... but i won't write about it. the most important thing for me is now drinking youkki with my friends and cathing up on their lives :)
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