On November 21st, I traveled to Grand Popo with a group of people from Mercy Ships. Grand Popo is a beach village. It is a few miles from the Togo-Benin border. It is about 2.5 hour drive from Cotonou.
12 of us crammed into a van and head out. We realized quickly that the driver didn't know how to get to Grand Popo. We started to laugh and said this is Africa. Luckily one of the women with us had been to Grand Popo and gave the driver directions.
After a hot 2.5 hour drive we arrived! It was beautiful. There was a hotel there, named Awala Place and we stayed there for the day. They had chairs on the beach and a hut for drinks.
The ocean rip tides are really strong here and it is evident when you place your feet in the water. When we ventured in the water, a guy from the hotel came rushing over to watch out for us. I could tell he was nervous that we were in the water. He was the unsaid lifeguard.
We relaxed in the sun and enjoyed being in peace and quiet. It was nice to be able to hear the ocean and that is it.
In the evening we all had dinner together. They ran out of chicken so the majority of us had to get fish. I had a white fish with this cream sauce and capers. It was actually pretty good.
Afterwards we watched the sunset and then headed back to Cotonou. The drive back is always interesting. There are huge pot holes in the road and the road isn't very wide. So we did a lot of weaving in and out and just praying we made it back in one piece, which we did! thankfully
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