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Banfora Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Banfora, Burkina Faso
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Trips from hell Part 2
... made me...happy. I think every bad thing that can happen on a trip has happened to me, but I still love Africa! That evening I left for Banfora to come say hi to Ibrahim(had bought a ticket for today to go to Ouaga, from where I was going to Benin). I had ...
Maxence - Une potion en préparation
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 ...
De Ouaga à Banfora re en car
... précipitament). Donc retour par le même Pullmann Rakieta -enfin j'espère- départ à 14h. Arrivée à 21h à Banfora. Comme je sais que ça marche, maintenant, j'y crois !! Merci à tous nos lecteurs supporters pour leurs messages de ...
Pic Nic en solitaire
Sous l'ombre épaisse des Caïlcédrats, arrêt sandwich aux sardines en allant chercher GG à Bobo, pour lui éviter la deuxième épreuve du car pourri de sa fin de voyage "visas". Il est 14:00, il fait chaud mais un vent léger, annonciateur ...
July 17 Day 17 Bobo to Banfora and area
... have also used the guide lots for finding touristy things to see and do. We left after noon today for the city of Banfora. Today we visited Karifguela Falls. On the road to the falls, a little boy answered a question and then he ...
Sud Burkina
Je suis allé directement au sud du Burkina Faso en zappant une des attractions du pays : ses lacs a crocodiles. En effet, on peut aller dans un de ses lacs sacrés, acheter un poulet pour attirer des crocodiles et faire des photos stupides avec eux du ...
Les contretemps de Banfora
... 's un voyage somme toute tranquille de ce côté là, nous nous préparons à la suite.... Décision néanmoins prise d'aller à Banfora, 85 km de Bobo en direction de la frontière. Arrivée dans un campement sympa avec piscine et chambre pas chère ...
Les sacrifices et le poulet
... 's intéressants sur l'Afrique. Le poulet et le sacrifice chez les Gan. Chez les Gan qui habitent dans les environs de Banfora, les sacrifices revètent une importance particulière comme chez tous les animistes africains. Le poulet en est un ...
Le théâtre des Cascades de Banfora
... !) Les Mossi sont l'ethnie au pouvoir, ils sont agriculteurs. Les Senoufo sont l'ethnie de la région, ils sont aussi agriculteurs. Le Burkina est "Le pays des hommes intègres" L'unité de temps GG et JP, frais dispos après un début de semaine ...
Karfiguéla, December 23, 2008 - Tuesday
... way to Karfiguéla waterfalls, as well. Those waterfalls are allegedly one of the most famous natural tourist attractions in Burkina Faso. In reality, they are a series of relatively tiny cascades known collectively as Karfiguéla Falls. Certainly nothing ...
Banfora, December 23, 2008 - Tuesday
... to be hassle-free. And then the power went off. For no apparent reason. Except that when you are in Africa, and Burkina Faso lags pretty far behind even according to African standards, then you don’t need any particular reason for the power outage. ...
Banfora, December 24, 2008 - Wednesday
... buses on disposal was very long. I couldn’t know for sure, but since it would be Christmas tomorrow, even in a country like Burkina Faso where Yuletide traditions were not as we had them in Europe, it was thoroughly possible that the number of buses ...
Tengrela, December 24, 2008 - Wednesday
... . Which shouldn’t surprise anyone at this heat. Women were going places carrying stuff on their heads as is commonplace all over Burkina Faso, as I could see by now. And some of them were washing laundry in a roadside pond, not a single bit cleaner ...
Banfora, December 24, 2008 - Wednesday
... them to please do so. I told them we had a bus to catch. So it was a deal. I hoped it would hold. Here in Banfora I was finally bitten by mosquitoes like you kind of expect it in Africa. Relentlessly and in more places than I cared to count. So I was now ...
Motorcycle Diaries
... rode out to the Sindou Peaks, about 50km west of Banfora. These fascinating rock formations were formed millenia ago, when Burkina Faso sat beneath the oceans and volcanic vents punctuated the sedimentary rocks laid out on the sea bed. Since ...
Orodara, December 26, 2008 - Friday
... , though, with the developed cultivation of mangos and oranges in the area, as well as some other crops, they call it the fruit basket of Burkina Faso. And on top of all that, the town is the capital of Kénédougou Province. So in a way it all puts it on ...
Banfora, December 23, 2008 - Tuesday
... same as Na Prisca and me. Which was pretty much understandable since Banfora and surrounding area is considered a prime tourist destination within Burkina Faso. So tourists do go there. It took us around an hour and a half to reach it, which was ...
Banfora, December 25, 2008 - Thursday
... dead of the winter wouldn’t freeze them to the bones, but also gathered for family lunches, Christmas trees and presents today. In Banfora, they couldn’t seem to care less. But then again, why would they, either? Why would a white tourist feel ...
Biblical rains and mopeds dont mix
Banfora is a very scenic, sleepy sort of place. We hired bicycles to visit Tengrela lake, the purpose of which was 1)novelty of bikes; 2)pretty lake... we were pleasantly surprised when there was; 3)free boat trip across the lake and 4)a hippo ...
Lush and Green
In Banfora to climb Sindou peaks, jump into Karfiguela waterfalls and spot some hippos in nearby Lake Tengrela. That sounds like the right way to finish ...
het groene Burkina Faso
... van onze blog om jullie een nieuwe update te geven van ons West-Afrika avontuur. We beginnen bij Banfora, een stadje in het Zuid-Westen van Burkina Faso, gelegen in het groenste deel van het land en vandaag de dag belangrijk voor Burkina vanwege de ...
hippos
Moved west to see a bit of the country rather than south to Ghana. That will come but later. Its a bit like a magical mystery tour really!!!!! No news on our friends but thats to be expected. Its a bit Bizare in many ways that we ...
J'adore les motos bien sûr !
... ;t go too fast !) in between the giant sugar canes, along to a beautiful set of waterfalls (http://www.arvi.fr/Nos_voyages/Burkina/2009/Banfora/images/CIMG4097-BURKINA-2009-Banfora_domes.jpg) and around a really bizarre rock formation ...
Super Frühstück!
Da die Köchin in unserem Hotel um 10 Uhr noch nicht zum Frühstück kochen aufgetaucht war, entschlossen wir uns auf dem Weg zum Busbahnhof etwas Kleines zu essen zu suchen. Wir hatten grosses Glück und fanden ein nettes Restaurant, wo bereits fleissig ...
The careless and the bruised
Given I had seen everything I wanted to see in Bobo, I was now off to the South West of Burkina to a town called Banfora. Banfora is a sleepy, dusty town with no real attractions but serves as a hub to explore the neighbouring Sindou Peaks, Les Cascades ...
Boxing Day Hang Overs
Moved the tent yesterday so we didn't get woken up by Norma again. Lazy start to the day with breakfast again at 9am. MJ was seriously hung over and joined the Truck Chuck List by chucking about 7am. Lucky, Becky and Robby were still struck with gastro ...
Christmas day
So woke up to Norma and Pam chatting in their tent again at 6.30am (not cool when breakfast is at 9am). Lucky yelled at them and they shut up, but didn't manage to fall back to sleep again just dozed. Eventually admitted defeat and got up at 8am. ...
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