After getting a little off track and some minor bike problems, we didn't make it to our goal of Mango (about 110 km from Kabou) so we stayed in a small village called Tababou. The chief was welcoming, giving us some yams and gari for dinner and allowing us to sleep at the local primary school. The catch was of course that they would like another potable water source. If anybody can install a pump somewhere, go to Tababou!
The next day we got back to the old German colonial road, beautifully lined with large Kapok trees outside of Koumongou. A little later we fjorded the local river and finished the ride to Mango. The next few days, we relaxed a bit and only did about 35 or 40 km each day so we could see the Mango hippos and visit our training-mate Amanda in Barkoisi.
From Dapaong, we took the Peace Corps bush taxi south to Atakpame and continued our bike journey another 90 km to Pagala for training. Training was fun, seeing some other volunteers for the first time since "swear-in" last August. Following the week in Pagala, I went to visit my host mother in Akpare where I feasted every meal for two days and saw the large hydroelectric dam in the neighboring village of Nangbeto. It provides electricity for southern Benin and Togo.
Now it's time to head back to Kabou and start working again! A nice break from life in Kabou.
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