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BENIN: Practical information and its essentials
Capital: Porto-Novo Area: 114.763 km2 Inhabitants: 12.996.895 inhabitants (2021) Population density: 113,25 inhabitants per km2. Languages: Benin is a country with great linguistic diversity. We can find up to 55 languages, although the official language of...
BENIN: How to organize a travel around the country?
Benin is a country located on the coast of Guinea that has around 12 million inhabitants. It is an elongated country with an area of 114,763 km2. A former French colony, today this small country stands out for its great cultural diversity and for having voodoo as...
BENIN: Ouidah, the last stop for the slaves before crossing the door of no return
Ouidah és una de les ciutats que té més història de Benín. D’un ambient relaxat i tranquil, allà hi trobem una gran història cultural que explora tot allò relacionat amb el vudú i la història dels primers habitants d’aquest país. Tanmateix, aquesta ciutat també té...
BENIN: Cotonou, the city of the Zems
Cotonou és la ciutat més gran i més important de Benín. És a on trobem l'aeroport internacional, el nostre primer punt d'arribada a la ciutat que segur que et sorprendrà. Tot i ser la ciutat més poblada, no és la capital oficial de Benín. Aquesta és Porto Novo....
BENIN: Pays Taneka, the town hidden between mountains
The Pays Taneka is one of the areas we liked the most from our trip to Benin. Located between the cities of Djougou and Natitingou, this ethnic group has lived as refugees in the mountains called Taneka for thousands of years in order to hide from attacks by other...
BENIN: Abomey, one of the most important historical cities in West Africa
The city known today as Abomey and located in south-central Benin was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most important kingdoms in West African history. This kingdom was established in these lands in 1625 by the Fon tribe. Quickly, it became...
BENIN: Ganvié, the African Venice
Ganvié is one of the most iconic towns in Benin. The reason? Well, it is a floating town built on the waters of Lake Nokoué, a short distance from Cotonou. They say that Ganvié is the African Venice, although we dissertate and we could say that Venice is the...
BENIN: Porto Novo, the capital with Brazilian airs of the country
Porto Novo is the current capital of Benin. Despite having only 250,000 inhabitants and a much more relaxed atmosphere than Cotonou, it has always had an important weight in history. Today, it is a city that houses the main museums of the country such as the...
BENIN: Grand Popo, the paradisiacal beaches of Benin
Grand Popo is a tourist region that is approximately two hours from Cotonou and is just below Togo. It is an area that stands out for its beaches, and is located on an arm of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the marshes of the Mono River. A region that will...
BENIN: The ethnic diversity of the tribal groups found in the center of the country. The Holi, the Geledé dance, the Fulani and Dassa
Benin is a country noted for the presence of different tribal groups. During its history, probably the one that stood out the most was the kingdom of Dahomey (formed in the current Abomey and where we find the different royal palaces. If you want to know more, you...
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BENIN: How to organize a travel around the country?
Benin is a country located on the coast of Guinea that has around 12 million inhabitants. It is an elongated country with an area of 114,763 km2. A former French colony, today this small country stands out for its great cultural diversity and for having voodoo as...
ANGOLA: Driving tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you if you want to travel to Angola by car: - In Angola you drive on the right, as in most European countries. The cars in the opposite lane will come to your left. This fact must be taken into account if you are coming...
SOUTH AFRICA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to South Africa by car: In South Africa, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international...
ESWATINI: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Eswatini by car: In Eswatini, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
ZIMBABWE: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Zimbabwe by car: In Zimbabwe, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
ZAMBIA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Zambia by car: In Zambia, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Chapka, our travel insurance
Getting a good travel insurance is one of the most important aspects when taking a flight or going on holidays. This usually covers any flight cancellations, transport delays, loss of luggage, medical assistance at the destination and even the urgent return home if...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Our process to ship our vehicle in a shipping container
To make our one-year trip through Africa, we were sure that we would travel with our car. We would have a roof tent for sleeping, a kitchen for cooking and space to store all our belongings. In addition, we would be free to get to all places and save a lot of...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Visas
One of the most important issues to consider when traveling to Africa are the visas you need to enter to the different countries on the continent. Every country has its own policy, and if you travel by road as we do, it is important to take all the details into...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Covid-19 in Africa and the PCR-TEST we did to cross the borders
The year 2020 has been marked globally by the Covid-19 pandemic. No one imagined that we would be locked up at home for months without being able to leave our municipalities, that there would be curfews and meeting limitations; that schools would be virtual; and...
NAMIBIA: Rent a car
Namibia is a country with a very low population density. As is the case in most African countries, we do not find a sufficiently developed public transport network to be able to travel around the country by bus, train… Therefore, one of the best recommendations we...
NAMIBIA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Namibia by car: In Namibia, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
BOTSWANA: Driving Tips
Driving through Botswana is totally a challenge. We are facing one of the most depopulated countries in Africa with sandy roads and national parks full of animals that we will cross alone with our 4x4. Here are some tips that may be helpful if you are traveling by...
BENIN: How to organize a travel around the country?
Benin is a country located on the coast of Guinea that has around 12 million inhabitants. It is an elongated country with an area of 114,763 km2. A former French colony, today this small country stands out for its great cultural diversity and for having voodoo as...
ANGOLA: Driving tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you if you want to travel to Angola by car: - In Angola you drive on the right, as in most European countries. The cars in the opposite lane will come to your left. This fact must be taken into account if you are coming...
SOUTH AFRICA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to South Africa by car: In South Africa, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international...
ESWATINI: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Eswatini by car: In Eswatini, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
ZIMBABWE: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Zimbabwe by car: In Zimbabwe, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
ZAMBIA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Zambia by car: In Zambia, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
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📍 Benin.
🟧 Quan viatges des de fa temps, normalitzes situacions, paisatges, reaccions...que feia uns mesos no eren normals. Suposo que el nostre cap intenta fer més comprensible aquella realitat que últimament està vivint i que constantment està "SENTINT". Per això és important trobar moments de silenci, de revisió amb un mateix sobre el que està fent i vivint, i de repetir-se incansablement que som afortunats de triar on volem ser. I sí, hem triat la bellesa africana un dia més, la bellesa quotidiana del fer de cada dia, en aquest cas de la població d'Aguegué, un altre poble flotant a la vora del llac Nokoué.
🔵 Cuando viajas desde hace tiempo, normalizas situaciones, paisajes, reacciones...que hacía unos meses no eran normales. Supongo que nuestra cabeza intenta hacer más comprensible aquella realidad que últimamente está viviendo y que constantemente está "SIENTIENDO". Por eso es importante encontrar momentos de silencio, de revisión con uno mismo sobre lo que está haciendo y viviendo, y de repetirse incansablemente que somos afortunados de elegir dónde queremos estar. Y sí, hemos elegido la belleza africana un día más, la belleza cotidiana del hacer de cada día, en este caso de la población de Aguegué, otro pueblo flotante a las orillas del lago Nokoué.
🟢 When you've been traveling for a long time, you normalize situations, landscapes, reactions...that weren't normal a few months ago. I guess our head is trying to make that reality more understandable and that it's constantly "FEELING". That's why it's important to find moments of silence, to check with yourself about what you're doing and living, and to tirelessly repeat to yourself that we are lucky to choose where we want to be. And yes, we have chosen African beauty one more day, the everyday beauty of daily life, in this case of the town of Aguegué, another floating town on the shores of Lake Nokoué.](https://africanlanders.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)