Finally some photos.


Evening at the beach with drums, dancing and a lot of sodabi (palmuviina, palm booze). I haven't started my djembe lessons yet, I'll try that next week or so...










A local cemetary. Quite nice with all those palm trees. And all the stones were different, not blackish-grey as in Finland.





The annual competition on pulling the rope (köydenveto, what is in English..?), series for both men and women. I was happy I didn't have to compete against those mamas, they looked stronger than these men here!


A big fish in Ouidah, the main port of slave trade in the 18th - 19th century, a few million slaves were transported from there.
















A local football match. Check the excellent goal posts - and I just managed to click a photo during a goal! Some players didn't have any shoes, by the way. Actually I saw this match on the Togolose side, but no visa needed, we just crossed a river...

Comments

Minkki said…
Jee, kuvia...Mites meni lauantaina? Pääsittekö kotiin ehjinä? Palmuviinaa tais kulua aika paljon;)

Palautin sun kirjat Otolle. Kiitos lainasta. Viimeiset päivät alkaa olla käsillä ja kiire sen ku lisääntyy;)
19 September, 2006 15:32
Riikka said…
Minä en edes juonut paljoa sodabia (palmuviinaa/pontikkaa, kuinka vain), ehkä viisi snapsia, mutta pojilla oli meneillään Suomi-Benin -maaottelu sodabien juonnissa, taisi tulla tasapeli, 15-15. Mulle kuulemma tuotiin Cotonousta jotain hyvää sodabia (laatu vaihtelee huomattavasti!), toivottavasti pääsen pian maistamaan :) Väittävät sillä olevan viagramaisia ominaisuuksia, jos sekaan on laitettu jotain kasvinjuurta - en sitten tiedä, miten se vaikuttaa naisiin...
19 September, 2006 17:18
LL said…
Kuinka ihana lukea näitä kuulumisiasi täältä. Kaikki tuntuu niin elävältä ja huomaa, miten hyvässä muistossa kaikki vielä on. Yritin bongailla tuttuja kuvista, mutta en vielä löytänyt ketään. Voi oikein hyvin ja kerro terveisiä!
19 September, 2006 17:24
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