100 Reasons Why I Love Benin

I realized that I had less than 100 days left in Benin awhile back. So in honor of that fact here is a list of 100 reasons why I love Benin.


Tissue
Drums
Wagasi
Never needing a sweatshirt
Air conditioning during chaleur
Babies.... everywhere
Kittens
Puppies
Cats
Dogs
Time is elastic
Friendship is easy
Beer is cheap
My Tailor
My Landlord
ORTB
Necrology
My neighbors
Chef
Funerals
Weddings
Tabaski
Family is a flexible term
Friendship es a flexible term
Local Language
French
Ex Pats
Bisap
Cafe au Lait
The Use of Sweetened Condensed Milk
Fan Milk
Sulani
Cafeterias
Yogurt on hot days
Bucket showers after taxi rides
Repo
Napping
Market
Dead Yovo piles
PCV parties
Celebrating the end of Ramadan by drinking
Rain
Sunglasses
Tailored clothes
Meals are less than a dollar
Biking
Cell phones with flashlights
Pharmacies without need of prescriptions
Relaxed attitude
Feeling alive everyday
Dancing
Mosquito nets
Easy laughter
Learning acceptance
Ceiling fans
MTN reduction
The everything adapter
Zems
Music videos
Making Music Videos
Slaughtering an animal as a form of partying
Star gazing
Lions
Elephants
Baboons
Warthogs
All other safari animals
Baobab trees
Mangos!
Yam pilee
Agouti
Folani/ Pul
Cows
Mud stoves
Compost Piles
Girls Camp
Womens Day
Gardening
Tree Nurseries
Fashion
Dry/ Rainy seasonal changes
Beninoise Beer
The Queen of Beers (Castel)
Sodabe
Tchook
Dancing is acceptable. anytime, any place
Belly Beads
Shea Butter
Pedicures
Jewelry
Pigmy Goats
Nagot
Anii
Lokpa
Djougou
Natitingou
Collines
Living in a country nobody knew existed until I explained
Pagnes
Bassila