Under the Spell of Voodoo

Video: Bucket List Tip: Benin – The Stilt Village of Ganvié

A short video about the city located in the middle of a lake in Benin

Photos Travelogue Route

Showering

Shaving and showering with a bucket and the bottom of a plastic bottle

Coffee drying

Coffee beans drying in the sun

Tata entrance

The entrance of a Tata of the Somba tribe

Noud and the snake

Noud at the Python temple in Quidah

Travelogue Under the Spell of Voodoo (23 days)

Dag 1 | Togo > Where will I sleep tonight?
Dag 2 | Togo > Getting to know the city of Lomé
Dag 3 | Togo > The voodoo priest and the voodoo ceremony
Dag 4 | Togo > A dance performance on Christmas Eve
Dag 5 | Togo > “Jové, Jové”
Dag 6 | Togo > The fire dance of the Tem tribe
Dag 7 | Togo > The iron blast furnaces of Bangeli
Dag 8 | Togo > Walking tour through Djamdé
Dag 9 | Togo > Climbing Mount Kabyé
Dag 10 | Togo > A Djembe as a souvenir
Dag 11 | Benin > New Year's Eve among the Beninese
Dag 12 | Benin > A look at the Somba tribes
Dag 13 | Benin > Meeting the chief of the Taneka-Beri tribe
Dag 14 | Benin > Singing with the children in Moupemou
Dag 15 | Benin > From north to south Benin
Dag 16 | Benin > Visit to the palace of Abomey
Dag 17 | Benin > The King of Ketou
Dag 18 | Benin > Sleeping in a stilt house in Ganvié
Dag 19 | Benin > Slave route to the ‘Door of No Return’
Dag 20 | Benin > Eating a local pizza in the dark
Dag 21 | Benin > Voodoo festival of Quidah
Dag 22 | Togo > Farewell to Lomé
Dag 23 | Togo > Does the Djembe fit or not?

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