Ouagadougou 2000

... can ride in any taxi.“ Seeing he could not mollify me, and that I was not bluffing, the driver offered to take me for 2000 CFA. But I refused. I was not in a haggling mood and I genuinely didn’t give a toss as to what kind of car I’d ...

... Fair night's sleep - differences of opinion on how much fan, and some mosquito action, and battery charging. Thursday 1 Feb Ouahigouya - Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) Out before 7. Decline a lift into town, as we need a bit of exercise, but find the 1.5kms ...

... . It had been 18 hours in the bus (in addition to 3 hours from Abomey to Cotonou to catch the Burkina bus). Ouagadougou: I stayed at Le Pavillon Vert in Ouaga. The rooms were comfortable and clean with mosquito nets and had shared washrooms. There was ...

... m'attends quand même à de l'overdose d'Afrique profonde.... LE VAISSEAU DU GOUDRON   Pour faire le trajet Banfora-Ouagadougou, via Bobo-Dioulasso, pratiquement une seule solution : le car. La compagnie Rakietta est la meilleure du ...

... o seu escritorio ainda apreciando a expressao mais de condescendencia piedosa do que propriamente incredulidade que me dera, me enviou 2000 CFA pela secretaria que chamou prontamente antes que eu me esfumasse. Eu teria preferido o visto, mas a cavalo ...

No access to the internet for the past week so this is just a quick update so you can see how far we have got. Arrived in Ouaga last night after another long drive from Mopti in Mali. The border crossing from Mali into Burkina was very smooth.  ...

... 3. In Mali/Burkina Faso: the Italian man who gave us ride in his Land Rover with AC from the dusty border post to Ouagadougou, thus saving us from certain discomfort (if not death) in an incredibly flimsy local passenger van 4. In India: the nephew and ...

... the 767 which left about an hour late, and we started our five-hour flight to Lomé, which would then go on to Ouagadougou. I had a middle seat, the least comfortable, and saw that on either side of me were two very tall Burkinabes. Not wide, ...

... the lethargic, pacing animals were kept in a cage way too small for it. Burkina Faso: We went to the capitol of Burkina, Ouagadougou, after 4 days in Niamey. We only spent a night there before heading to Mali, but we had an amazing dinner at a French ...