Pictures Galore!!! Aburi, Halloween, Benin

As promised, here are a ton of pictures. Enjoy them, and please let me know if any are faulty. And yes, the contest is still open. Post your answers. Winning answer gets a prize!
LDG

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Aburi

Welcome to Aburi
What a day of carving will do to you -- my roommate Francis
Profiles
Tons o’ masks
Wall shadows (I may buy some of these)
The village
Nic – the master carver

Halloween

You are a smelly pirate hooker!
Boo!
Packed party
Delicious beer
No parties like this in Ghana
Mark
This dude is in trance
Real American Hero

Benin

At the border
Mosque 1
Mosque 1 closeup
Boys on bikes
Mosque 2
Mosque 3
Mosque 3 closeup
Sweet knives
Beninese masks
Please sir, may I have some more?
More masks
Palm Tree
Stilt Village at sunset
Stilt village in the morning -- getting around on pirogue
Holding up a basket
One of two beach memorials
Closeup
Beautiful artwork
Slave Holdings
The Gate of No Return
There I am
Even closer!
Side of the arch
Great metal-work (not the symbolism of the neck braces above their heads)
Slave ship
Monkey Man
Napolean?
I dont know what this is
Big Dog
Ouidah -- its something or other; either way, its beautiful