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This stretch of road in Benin🇧🇯, was rather annoying to cycle. There was no service lane and many trucks on the road. Sometimes, they pushed us off the street and we had to be careful not to end up in the bushes.

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We cycled many kilometers from the north of Benin 🇧🇯 to the south. The landscapes did not change much and we cycled for many hours each day. Only in Dassa-Zoumé there were some rock formations.

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The pineapple 🍍 express!
When we saw this for the first time, we had to look twice. Not something you see every day, even in Africa 😊

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The beautiful and hilly landscapes of northern Benin 🇧🇯. We always enjoy to see to some mountains 🏔 where we cycle. Of course, this normally means a lot climbing, but it’s totally worth it.

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Some Parts of African roads, even a 4x4 doesn’t help and one has to find another way. It’s a matter of time until there is no more bridge across this river.

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This kind house is called „Tata“ and typical for northern Togo 🇹🇬 and Benin 🇧🇯. They were used as fortresses against neighboring tribes in the past. Nowadays, they are only used for fetish traditions, since they have proper houses to live in.

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After crossing some hills and a mountain pass, the landscape changed rapidly into savanna. We felt like being back in Senegal 🇸🇳. However, this time everything was green and the grass covered everything.

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Northern Togo surprised us with its hilly landscapes and changes in vegetation.

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In Togo 🇹🇬, we saw probably the most car 🚘 wrecks on our trip so far. Even though there are more motorcycles 🏍 on the road.

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