Had a reasonably nice lunch and were planning on going to the market but it was getting late. We wanted to visit Ganvié (a stilt village - and the most popular tourist site in Benin). We wanted to get out and back before it got to dark to take pictures (about two and a half hours to dusk)so we hired a motor boat instead of taking a paddled pirogue. Ganvié was every bit as commercial as the guide book said, but still a must see, and some how wasn't as depressing as such sites often are. The huge Coke sign proclaiming "Welcome to Ganvié" was somehow appropriate and even a little amusing. There's still a huge village (city almost) - all built on stilts in a shallow lagoon. Everywhere you go there are people posing for pictures and money, but as a small group and with no other tourists around there weren't too many hassles - and the village was large enough to where there was still a whole lot of real life going on in the background.

In front of the campground there had been a particularly gruesome fatal accident but we managed to get around it without having to see the details - unfortunately the campground host and the other campers were eager to fill us in. We spent a couple hours completely cleaning out the car and hiding all the money and really valuable gear (most cameras, my H/PC, CD player, etc.) - Nigerian police are infamous for liberating things that catch their fancy. Had omelets at a small bar near the campground (the opposite direction from the accident scene) and played the obligatory card games before heading to bed early - we want to get an early start tomorrow so that we can make it all the way to Benin City - nearly half way across Nigeria.