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As you know, the Wood family is visiting at the moment. Gary is enjoying finding out about the local culture. Here he is learning how to carry something the African way:
On last week’s workshop near Dassa (report to follow soon), we met a local guy breaking up rocks to make gravel, so Gary had a go – much to the amusement of said blokey:
Finally, the name for manioc flour in Benin is Gari (also mentioned in this post). So, when introducing my brother-in-law, it helps the locals pronounce his name if I mention this fact to them! Here’s a photo of Gary and Gari…
Other news… * The Landrover is still out of action, so we’re getting to know plenty of taxi drivers in town! * The two disconnected mobile phone networks are still off, so we’re having to fall back on old fashioned ways of communication (but haven’t resorted to the talking drum just yet!! * Rob & Gary have a gig lined up at the Marina Hotel on Friday (jazz round the pool) and are hoping for free nosh… * The Woods visited the lake village of Ganvié today, which they found interesting, in spite of a leaky boat, which ended up with about 4 inches of water in the bottom by the end. *Virtually now power cuts and we’re all in good health at the moment. Bye for now!
Comments:
3 Comments posted on "Gary’s cultural discoveries…"
Steve Plummer on August 15th, 2007 at 10:52 pm #
You could do a brilliant caption competition with the 2 top photos.
Rachel Lewis on August 20th, 2007 at 9:19 am #
Great to see the new photos. Hope everyone’s having a great time! It’s raining here… barely 10 degrees this morning… brrr! Welcome to Britain in August. Rachel
Rob on August 26th, 2007 at 11:06 am #
Thanks for your comments, Steve & Rachel. Like the caption idea! I hope Ol’ Blighty has warmed up a tad now! |
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