Photos from Benin!

at the python's temple in ouidah, we were actually scared and are only smiling for the picture:



cute little tyke in the village of Tanoungou (hope I am spelling that right) in North West Benin, taken while we were visiting a peace corps volunteer:



at the beach, where the salmonella arrived i think:



thai food in cotonou, yeeeaaah:



look at that lush earth, farming in benin seem to go like gangbusters:



yay waterfalls!



aren't my homestay family kids adorable?? (sorry this is not from benin, just randomly posting some pics here):



with a tuareg artisan friend outside of his new boutique in Niamey:



this is Soumana, my second father here in Niamey. He works at the American Cultural Center and helps me and Alice (the other Fulbrighter) with anything and everything. We adore him and in this photo we were at a senegalese restau thanking him for all of his support. He rocks beaucoup, we are going to his house for the upcoming tabaski party!



After a tasty dinner of Cote d'Ivoirian cuisine in Niamey with my friends Cezarina, Hassia, and Alice...girl's nights out are still necessary in Niger!



walking into benin, across the niger river, pretty sweet:



this sign says, "All the girls are going to school!" and these billboards are all over benin-- yippppeeee girl's education, bravo Benin!



this cheese ROCKS



the view from Ash's apartment in Cotonou



sometimes you just gotta shake that calabash!