Benin and Togo – January 2024
Far and Bright, hosted a trip to Benin and Togo from 21 – 29 January 2024
Benin and Togo are former French colonies and also the land where voodoo originated, centuries before being spread to the Americas.
Fourteen participants came together in shorts and T-shirts (while it snowed in Europe) and had a one of a kind blast hanging out for 10 days, exploring a number of novel attractions, and of course a lot of eating, drinking and swimming with friends.
Highlights included:
Ganvié, the Venice of West Africa
Integrated organic farm
Playing with pythons in Ouidah
Voodoo dances
Watching thousands of bats migrate
Palm wine distillery in the forest
Sun, beaches and coconuts
Exploring mangroves
Overall, it was a very enjoyable and worldview-expanding experience in a setting very different from what most Mensans experience in their day to day lives.
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