I had the pleasure of helping Melissa Ko move out of her house in Gomparou (the very far north). It is difficult to explain to people how one does such a thing here, so I have supplied some pictures. Melissa actually didn’t have that much stuff that she was going to take back to the US, but she wanted to drop off most of her furniture at a central location for other new volunteers to pick up when they go to their own posts after September 17 (the day I leave!). Unfortunately for me the driver couldn’t find any Beninese to help him take things off the taxi, so I had to help him.
Watching the driver play tetris with furniture.
Voila! Dining table, four chairs, washing table, shoe rack, mattress, bed frame, book shelf, two folding chairs, and a bike! And that’s just what’s on top.
The next morning we left from Parakou where Melissa had significantly less stuff. We rented a five-seater taxi and the driver expertly put all the bigger items in the trunk. I don’t really know how he got the bike on there. I figured I might as well act like I knew what was going on.
Melissa was so happy that she wanted to do a cartwheel on the beach. I told her, “Go for it!” and she did.
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