Benin Photo Gallery

Benin Photos

Roch’s family home, outdoor kitchen

Traveling to Benin has been on my mind for years, especially experiencing the voodoo festival. X-mas 2015 it finally happened. a total of 17 days I spent leisurely moving around Benin. From the capital Cotonou I did short trips to the stilt village of Ganvie, to Ouidah and Puerto Novo, mostly by motorbike taxis. Dassa was the most northern city I visited, from where I moved to Abomey, the former residence of the Dahoman Kings. The voodoo festival in Ouidah was the definite high-light of this trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cotonou-Protestant School

Roch’s parents and wife

Roch’s sister in law

New Years Party at Roch’s family home in Pueto Novo, outdoor kitchen

 

New Years Party at Roch’s family home in Pueto Novo, Roch’s party, young dancers

New Years Party at Roch’s family home in Pueto Novo,, Roch with niece

New Years Party at Roch’s family home in Pueto Novo,, Heidi&girl

Camate, path separating the twin village of Camate&Shakaloke

Camate, buying fabrics from a local woman

 

Camate, children playing on tombs

Cotonou, traffic

Man transporting tire

Abomey, traveling around on a zem

Riding a zen through Idaaschaland

 

Tries glowing in the setting sun

Ouidah, Place du Chacha

Ouidah, Temple of Pythons

Ouidah, voodoo festival, Boy in trance

Routes des Esclaves

 

Sacred Forest, Ouidah

Ouidah, boys partying during voodoo festival

Ouidah, dancers at voodoofestival

Ouidah, voodoo festival, procession, with voodoo priests

 

Abomey, house of priest

Abomey, house of priest

Chameleon Church, inside

Cameleon Church

Abomey, Palace Wall

 

Abomey, Palace of Glele

Taxi Brusse being loaded

Taxi Brusse

Street Vendors

Cotonou, Hotel du Lac

 

Cotonou, traffic

Truck full of cotton

Leaves coated with soil

Neatly arranged sacks of agri, flour of cassava

Dassa, Main Street

 

Visiting the King of Dassa

Ganvie, floating village

Ganvie,

Ganvie