Burkina Faso Travel Blogs

Dogon country to Burkina Faso
Feb 27, 2003 (5 photos)

... less that 10 metres away and were wonderful to watch. Dragging ourselves away from this idyllic spot, Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso was next. Paul negotiated our way through manic traffic in the centre of town and we ended up camping at Hotel ...

July 18 Day18 Bobo again
Jul 18, 2009 (4 photos)

After breakfast we went to the museum in Bobo. Again we were unable to take pictures inside the museum but could outside. It seems to have something to do with the some of the objects being sacred. The museum had artifacts and clothing worn by hunters in ...

Bobo
Nov 22, 2005 (9 photos)

We have departed from Mali and crossed into Burkina Faso. Immediately we noticed a difference; things seem more "organized" here, from the way the markets are set up to the courtesy of drivers on the road. In "Bobo" we visited the "sacred fish pool" just ...

HIPPOPOTAMES! & other things
Jul 6, 2009

... , I could probably count them on my fingers. According to my French guide book, half the population is under 15, and the average life expectancy of someone in Burkina is around 46. That's more than ten years younger than my dad...

De Nazinga à Léo
Mar 6, 2008 (5 photos)

Big Toy perd ses huiles au niveau du moyeu avant gauche. Ca ne nous a pas empéché malgré une piste détestable et cassante de rejoindre Léo en début d'après midi. Réparation au Grand Garage de Léo (voir photos) Big Toy nous est ramené au campement vers 20h (la ...

Burkina Rocks(except the transport)!
Jan 5, 2006

... . 4) Just came today - day after tomorrow, going to Benin for the Voodoo Festival on the 10th, and then up to Mali thru Burkina for Dogon Country and Timbuktu, and then back down thru Burkina to Togo for a few days before I reenter Ghana and leave. I ...

Bobo Dioulasso , L'homme intègre!
Mar 8, 2008 (11 photos)

... de GG que nous avons rencontré à Ouaga et connait la moitié de ceux qui comptent ici. Echange intéressant sur la politique Burkina/Côte d'Ivoire et autres sujets à portée plus ou moins internationale, ainsi que sur la nécessité d'une vraie politique d'accueuil ...

De Banfora à Ouaga en car
Mar 10, 2008 (7 photos)

... Banfora-Ouagadougou, via Bobo-Dioulasso, pratiquement une seule solution : le car. La compagnie Rakietta est la meilleure du Burkina. Le car partait dans l'heure qui suivait notre décision, alors vogue la galère pour 1000 km aller retour et quelques ...

July 15 Day 15 Bobo Continued
Jul 15, 2009 (4 photos)

Breakfast today was at Sanga Patisserie/Boulangerie. We did not know the Sanga family also owned this and a Bakery but also are working on a hotel. Sanga's cousin, Adama, is going to be our guide today. Sanga took us to his three mothers’ home. It ...

Ouaga
Nov 24, 2005 (5 photos)

After another full-day drive, we have arrived at the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (wah-ga-DOO-goo). Great name, isn't it? After getting lost (as usual) we made it to the "OK Inn" which is conveniently located at the back of a big-rig truck park. ...

Waterfalls and thunderstorms
May 4, 2009 (2 photos)

The sojourn to Bobo-Dialasso in the South West of Burkina Faso was a new destination for any overland truck, a bit of exploration so we were told. The area nearby is known for its rocky mountains and waterfalls and it was this area we were keen to explore. ...

Trips from hell Part 2
Jan 22, 2006

I still love Africa, but some of the things here are so ridiculous you really do start to wonder what is going on! The bane of my trip has reared its head again - bloody transport! Africans are generally awesome - it just seems like the most useless, and ...

border crossing
Aug 8, 2007

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Maxence - Une potion en préparation
Mar 10, 2008 (10 photos)

Après les animaux qui parlent de Nazinga, Babacar nous a dit d'aller dans le pays des Grands Arbres et des Grands Lacs. Mais, il faut faire attention, alors la aussi Papy va se cacher pour échapper aux bandits des forêts. Babacar a demandé à Papy de ramasser ...

Day 49 - Burkina Faso, Bush Camp 1 - New County!
Dec 27, 2008

... only 2 nights then 4 nights but still a lovely break.  Drive today is taking us to our 5th country of Burkina Faso - fabulous name for a country I think.  Ended up driving back through Djiguibombo where we stared our Dogon Trek before ...

Day 50 - Burkina F, Ouagadougou - Buffet of Heaven
Dec 28, 2008

Suzy Q and I got up and went for a run.  Managed to pass both sets of walkers this time and did close to 10km.  When we were eventually picked up I couldn't help but ask whether or not they left camp half an hour late just to make us run more ...

Burkina Faso
May 5, 2009

... with the group with our visas and ready for Ghana. Dist cov. = 150 km 5th - Headed for the Ghana border via Pa, leaving Burkina Faso at Ouessa.  Border post in Ghana was Hamale, where a truck coming in was piled high with animal skins and was too tall ...

July 13 Day 13 More Ouagadougou
Jul 13, 2009 (3 photos)

Our Toyota Four Runner is in the garage today. They told us that it was a miracle that we made it back out of the bush when we went to Mole National Park and experienced the road from hell!  We were told that all four shocks and four mounts have to ...

Les éléphants barissent à Nazinga !
Mar 3, 2008 (10 photos)

... pas coutume!!! Ce soir, avec très grande difficultés nous avons essayé de boucler les valises (Denise ayant dévalisé la moitié du Burkina c'est dur dur !!!!) Notre départ étant avancé d'une journée, la réaction a été immédiate, du projet d'aller à Bobo-Dioulasso, ...

Its getting hot in here
Apr 30, 2009 (1 photos)

... in Africa. I guess it never makes the news for any of the bad reasons that some of its neighbors do. The capital of Burkina Faso is called Ouagadougou, its not the most exiting of places and as a result our time here will be limited to the time it takes ...

De Ouaga à Banfora re en car
Mar 11, 2008

Le service consulaire de l'ambassade de Côte d'Ivoire m'a promis (j'y étais aux aurores) de me donner les visas à midi ce matin au lieu des 48h annoncés par téléphone (c'est finalement mon grand oncle -centenaire- qui va très très mal et qui m'oblige à ...

Day 24 July 24 Ouagadougou
Jul 24, 2009 (3 photos)

Today is a day of rest! We actually slept in and Sanga came to get us after 9 AM.  We went for breakfast and then off to find some shirts.  We went to a store but they didn't have the sizes that we wanted so we sent to the factory as Sanga knew ...

Les danses de Masques à Dédougou
Mar 1, 2008 (10 photos)

Un aller retour de 7 h de pistes (dégueu...) et de route pour découvrir les masques et leurs danses au cours du Festival des Masques de Dédougou. Regardez les photos en imaginant que tout ça, ça bouge énormément, ça saute, ça se roule par terre, avec musique, ...

Day 52 53 - Burkina Faso, Ougaououdo - New Years
Dec 30, 2008

Woke to be greeted with a sex ed lesson in donkey love, the female bucking the male in the face, caving for a minute before throwing him off and trotting away into the distance.  Suze and I went for a run again.  45 minutes today.  ...

Day 54 - Burkina Faso - Hangovers
Jan 1, 2009

It just wouldn't feel right waking on New Years day with no hangover and this year was no exception.  Waking up in what can only be described a sweat box, we quickly exited our tent come sauna and made a dash for the pool ignoring the fact ...

Day 21 July 21 Ouagadougou
Jul 21, 2009 (2 photos)

Coffee this morning was again at Istanbul, I should say breakfast but I really needed coffee. It is the rainy season and here it is raining. We did not have any rain at Bobo and they need it. Dave has read all of the books he and Ann had brought, so we ...

Day 23 July 23 Ouagadougou to Ouahigouya return
Jul 23, 2009 (4 photos)

We got up early today for our travels to Ouahigouya, Burkina's third largest city that is know for its vultures! Sanga’s father’s village is 15 minutes from the city that is located in a hot desolate part of Burkina.  We arrived at the ...

Togo...
Jul 11, 2009

... will be able to help me if need be! - I've decided to go for it and go to Lomé as planned as opposed to staying in Burkina, where there were going to be various places I could go... but it's too hot in Burkina at the moment, and I don't think working in an ...

Vilse i Ouaga!
May 3, 2007

... kompisen internet! Efter att ha strandat i Accra -igen, lyckades jag tillslut fa plats pa bussen till Ouagadougou, huvudstaden i Burkina Faso. Fick dock jaga bussen fran accra till Kumasi eftersom personalen i accra sa att det inte fanns nagra platser ...

Going with God
May 5, 2006 (3 photos)

... times per week. This meant that we were "stuck" in Burkina Faso for one whole week - the duration of our visa for Burkina Faso. Luckily there was a bus leaving on the day that our Burkina visa expired. But this knowledge of having to stay in Ouaga for ...