Tales from Rohan

I had a good time in Parakou celebrating Halloween with many other volunteers who were in town for a regional meeting. A volunteer in a town a few km North of me bought a few pumpkins in a village nearby which specializes in growing them. These pumpkins were promptly turned in Jack o’lanterns. Not to be wasteful, this weekend I baked some of the flesh for pie (well sort of pie cupcakes) and plan on making a Thai pumpkin stir fry with the rest tonight.

I’ve taken a few nice bike rides out on dirt roads from my house. It is good exercise, beautiful and fun, but I come back not only sweaty but coated in the red dirt that is everywhere here.

Here are a few assorted snapshots I like of village life near Parakou. You don’t need to go very far outside of town to find it.

time for homework…