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Hobo TRAVEL TIPS - Cotonou Benin West Africa Candle Cooking
202 September 15, 2006 was written
Sent on September 20, 2006
TIP: Candle Stove
LOCATION: Cotonou, Benin
GPS: Global Positioning Satellite Longitude - Latitude
06 Degrees 21.57 North / 002 Degrees 26.220 East

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~ NEWSLETTER INFORMATION
~ HOBO TRAVEL QUOTES
         How I feel today...
~ HOBO PHOTO GALLERY
        This weeks pictures.
~ HOBO DAILY TRAVEL LOG a.k.a. Blog
      Travel Blog! A daily web diary of my travels.
        http://www.hobotraveler.com/blogger.html
~ HOBO STEW (A Dish of Meat and Vegetables)
        Acceptance of West Africa
 ~ TODAY’S TRAVEL TIP
      Candle Stove

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~ HOBO TRAVEL QUOTES   - Back to top
How I feel today, or a start down
the proverbial travelers path.

I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere
than in any city on earth.
- Steve McQueen

~ BACKPACKER JARGON

Backpackers Path
- People that travel on cheap budgets, travel
by bus, train, or cheapest follow almost the
same path. This is accidental, however is will
worn in some places. Example: Gringo Trail
A person does not need a car, a backpack...
(West Africa does not have a backpacker trail.)
Possible:
http://www.hobotraveler.com/2006/08/possible-to-backpack-africa.html

~ HOBO SLANG

White mule
 - Old-fashioned white corn whiskey.
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~ HOBO PHOTO GALLERY   - Back to top

A lot of photos - The world unedited...

TOGO - The Country of Togo
Map of Togo
http://www.hobotraveler.com/ma_mapoftogo.shtml
Lome Togo Photos
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_47_Lome-Togo-Photos.shtml
Lome Togo Home Photos
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_48_Lome-Togo-Home-Photos.shtml
Lome to TogoVille Togo
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_49_Lome-to-TogoVille-Togo.shtml
Togoville Togo Market
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_50_Togoville-Togo-Market.shtml
Togoville
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_51_Togoville.shtml
Togo Food
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_52_Togo-Food.shtml
Togoville Voodoo
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_53_Togoville-Voodoo.shtml
Togoville Togo
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_54_1-Togoville-Togo.shtml
Aneho Togo
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_54_2-Aneho-Togo.shtml
Aneho Togo Hotel
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_55_Aneho-Togo-Hotel.shtml
 

BENIN - The Country of Benin
Map of Benin
http://www.hobotraveler.com/ma_mapofbenin.shtml
Ouidah Benin Hotel
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_56_Ouidah-Benin-Hotel.shtml
Ouidah Benin Photos
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_57_Ouidah-Benin-Photos.shtml
Door of No Return Ouidah Benin
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_58_Door-of-No-Return-Ouidah-Benin.shtml
Cotonou Benin
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_59_Cotonou-Benin.shtml
Ouidah Benin
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_59_Ouidah-Benin.shtml
Cotonou Benin Hotel
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_60_1-Cotonou-Benin-Hotel.shtml

Malnutrition Research
Malnutrition Research Canned Vegetables Lome Togo
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_47_malnutrition-research-Lome-Togo-Photos.shtml
Togoville Togo
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_54_malnutrition-sign-Togoville-Togo.shtml
Malnutrition Sign Examples Aneho Togo
http://www.hobotraveler.com/202_55_Malnutrition-Signs-Aneho-Togo-Hotel.shtml

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Andys Travel Blog! A daily web diary of my travels.
Daily photos more or less.
http://www.hobotraveler.com/blogger.html

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~ HOBO STEW (A Dish of Meat and Vegetables)   - Back to top

Hobo was here and goes there...

That is a list of jumps I have made
since the last newsletter.

Lome, Togo to Togoville, Togo
Togoville to Aneho, Togo
Aneho, Togo to Grand Popo, BENIN
Bounced off, not a nice place...
Grand Popo Benin to Ouidah, Benin
Ouidah, Benin to Cotonou, Benin

I am in Cotonou, Benin, biggest city
in the country of Benin.
Map of Benin
http://www.hobotraveler.com/ma_mapofbenin.shtml

I will go next to Porto Novo, Benin, the capital
the work my way north along the border of Nigeria,
then zig and zag my way north inside Benin to the
country of Niger.

ROUND FOUR
Collin my Nephew in the USA

Collin my nephew is in a contest with a small
film he made. He is doing great, and his father
wrote and said thank you. Help his father recoup
the huge money investment in Collin.
Camera, Computers, Program, University
I am sure many can relate to the cost..
He could win something like 25,000 Dollars
plus help him become a producer.

Nonetheless is he is talented, now if I could
convince him to film for me...

Please go an VOTE:
http://www.theproject.tv

HE WROTE:

Hey Uncle Andy,

 My short film is in a contest on the website
http://www.theproject.tv
My movie is called

"The Driver's Seat."
 - Charlie, a college student, decides to drop
out of school because he is tired of learning
useless information. He wants freedom and
absolute control of his life, however he learns that
he doesn't have absolute control. -

He is good kid, I have proposed that he come to
Niger with me and make a small documentary
about Malnutrition, so far I am just ignored.
So be the new world, fame has its price though.

WRITE COLLIN PLEASE!
IF you wish, I would appreciate readers to write
Collin and encourage him to come help in Niger
film my Malnutrition Project.
http://www.malnutritionsolutions.org

His Emails, the price of Fame is... need to FIX.
hollywoodblv     AT    comcast.net
Note: My name is Uncle Andy and not Hobo,
I am 95 percent sure he has never read a blog or
newsletter so safe to talk...
Movie is here:
http://www.theproject.tv

Your Welcome Mike Father of Collin
and good luck Collin.

Acceptance of West Africa

I am traveling along in what I call the Christian Corridor,
the small but essential strip of land along the ocean coast
of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and now into Benin.

As I turn and travel North towards Niger I believe I will
enters some Indigenous religions then a watered down
version of the Islamic African version.

Cote d'Ivoire felt rich, and full of food.
Ghana speaks English and loves an American..
Togo is a French Expats hangout, and under control.
Benin is independent and loves Benin.

I AM WORKING ON ACCEPTANCE OF AFRICA

QUOTE
- Moral principles have lost their distinctiveness.
For modern man, absolute right and absolute
wrong are a matter of what the majority is doing. -

Martin Luther King, Jr.
U.S. civil rights leader.
- Strength To Love

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Acceptance of people,
places and things.

When a person stops…
Arguing…
Making comments….
Discussing…
Lecturing…
Avoiding them…

The world avoids or ignores West Africa, probably
a good decision, at least until they put their
hands back in their pocket and decide to work.
- Andy -

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QUOTE
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your
country can do for you—ask what you can do for your
country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what
America will do for you, but what together we can
do for the freedom of man.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
U.S. president.
Inaugural address (January 20, 1961)

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INDEPENDENT TRAVELER

I could be labeled as an independent traveler.
I never can understand the term, rather goes over
my head. However, I am independent, and traveling
alone, I rely on nobody but myself; I am 100
responsible for my safety and care, and MONEY.
(I am not living off NGO money gave as a donation.)

I am slowly learning to accept new problems in travel, I
have never encountered in nine years and about 75
countries of travel. Travel alway