Benin
No More Teachers
I haven’t updated for a couple of weeks, but that is mostly because nothing that exciting has really happened. I’m glad to say that I am done with teaching for the school year, which is good because the last couple of weeks both the students and myself really weren’t that Read more
Benin
Camp Bouca
Back in village now after the Easter break. The schools here have a week and a half long break for Easter (I suspect that it is that long in part because it typically coincides with the start of the rainy season so that students can help their families plant crops Read more
Benin
My Crib/The Rains Came
Great news, the rains have started. This last week we had a couple of solid rainstorms at night. Still hasn’t brought any more water to my well, but that should be coming soon. This week is the April break for schoohl, so I’m going up to help work at a Read more
Benin
My Peulh Post
So I was planning on putting up some pictures of my house, but my connection right now isn’t quite strong enough to upload pictures. Not a whole lot of excitement over the last week. The well is still dry, still hit or miss on finding help to bring water back. Read more
Benin
All’s Well that Ends Well
A little bit of tidbits to report since I last wrote. The week before last I was back in Porto-Novo for another round of training, which was nice because I got to have running water and air conditioning again. Another nice part of being back in Porto-Novo was being able Read more
Benin
How Do People Believe This?
Look up Benin in any book or website and one of the first things you’re likely to see is that it is the birthplace of Voodoo (Vodun). While I don’t really like to play up or write about this aspect of Beninese life (I think it’s hard to do it Read more
Benin
I’m Dreaming of a Dust Filled Christmas
The holiday’s are over and I’m at about the 25 percent mark of my Peace Corps service (but who’s counting). Anyways, with December come and gone, I’ve learned one more thing about this country; December showers bring December dust and sand. Not catchy but I think you see where I’m Read more
Benin
The Lock Out
Sorry for not being able to put up any updates lately. Although much has been happening, I’ve been without Internet access. I think I’ll be dialing onto the World Wide Web only once a month or so for the foreseeable future, so I’ll do my best to keep up to Read more
Benin
My Kind Carpenter
After a long stay at the Parakou workstation I’ve finally made it to my village and started trying to integrate/work. Overall life has been pretty slow and uneventful since getting to post, but there have been some pretty interesting things. First off, I’ve previously written about my great relationship with Read more