First of all, as stated in my first post,  Beniniose are aggresively hostile.
A second trip had to affirm this belief of mine.
And I am still trying to wrap my head around why the border police refused to collect their currency and insisted on the Nigerian Naira. I will someday write about my seme border experience.

Is this my last trip to our beloved neighboring nation, No.
I intend to visit again but not anytime soon.

So I visited the town of Quidah in Benin Republic with three friends and a new friend over the Eid Al Adha holiday. It was a short holiday, but totally worth the trip despite the madness at experienced at the Seme border.

The plan was to go solo after a friend I had hoped would travel with me, declined because of an earlier planned trip of hers. So I shared the travel plan with a couple of friends and I ended up going with the travel partners I ended up with.

Even though I always draw up an itinerary, I usually do not follow it through.
This is even difficult especially when travelling with a group.
One thing I regret not achieving now is the visit to the python temple.

Every one backed down for one reason or the other and I just gave up on it.

I am not really the travel shopping person but more of the explore my environment and food person.
My travel companions were more rather interested in shopping and there were moments when I was just frustrated. But that was a small price to pay, as moments will everyone was worth it.

We stayed in the Hotel de la Diaspora, a beach front hotel. Every morning, I took walks on the beach to watch the sunrise. It was so beautiful and calming.








Camera: Nikon D3100
                HTC 526G
Lens: Nikon 50mm and Tamron 70-300mm

Until my next adventure.

♥Lara