{"id":1244,"date":"2011-04-07T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2011-04-07T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T22:00:10","slug":"top-5-reasons-to-cycle-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/top-5-reasons-to-cycle-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Reasons to Cycle Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest post by Anne and Hadrien, the Veloptimistes.<\/h4>\n

Reason #1<\/h4>\n

People are so kind: we meet great people who help us to discover Black Africa. They are joyful, smiling all the time, very interested in bikes (especially recumbents) and can cycle with you during 5 or 10 minutes simply to talk.<\/p>\n

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Hadrien surrounded by a sea of frinedly faces while cycling Benin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Reason # 2<\/h4>\n

The western coast of Benin near the beach of Grand Popo: A great place to relax after good cycling. The beach is deserted, you\u2019ll only see the fishermen living there with their families, \u00a0you can help them pull in their fishing nets.<\/p>\n

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Reason #3<\/h4>\n

The stilt village of Ganvi\u00e9 where all the houses are built above water and people use their dugout canoes to move from a place to another. A very interesting place, it\u2019s amazing to see how people cope with this situation!<\/p>\n

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Reason # 4<\/h4>\n

Cycling in The Somba Country: a dusty road in the middle of nowhere, a great experience of the virgin black Africa. The housing is typical of this tribe, go and visit the Tata Somba– you can even sleep on the roof!<\/p>\n

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Reason #5<\/h4>\n

The ZEM tour in Cotonou: Leave your bikes once and take a taxi-moto (called zem) to have a \u201curban high speed\u201d visit of this polluted and dirty but so charming town.<\/p>\n

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