Homeland Hotel Niamey

... bord** and went to bed early because it was seedy and got up the next morning to go to Cotonou, Benin. All was fine for about 2 hours, and then the van broke down. We all just sat by the side of the road for 3 more hours. Not really sure what was happening at that point - the driv** may have gone for a part, or may have gone ...

... les vêtements et les font ensuite séch** sur le pont! Ensuite visite du musée national, qui est en fait le zoo du Roi Lion, mais qui renf**me aussi l'ARBRE du TEN**E: "L'Arbre du Ténéré était un acacia solitaire, soit un Acacia raddiana ou un Acacia tortilus, qui fut à une époque considéré comme l'arbre le plus isolé de la T**re - aucun autre arbre ne se situant à moins de 400 km. Il faisait office de rep ...

... week. I don't know where they got their materials to build the tunnel (I noticed a bunch of dead ant carcasses by the window every morning...but I'm pretty sure it was dirt from the outside), and I don't really think they had a clear vision of their destination because once they get to the ceiling...well, there's not place else to go and what did they really accomplish?? This was the photo I took of them right before I left.

... in process of incorporating it into their offices. It is a milestone and major accomplishment for my work with Bible League. Of course, sev**al of the offices have had various challenges in incorporating the software and the offices' effectiveness with Quickbooks are all various levels. But at least they've all been trained. As my north-central US kinsfold would say, "All that's left now is the shouting!"

... drought and famine problems, Niamey is full to bursting with development organisations - UNICEF, World Vision, you name it, they're h**e and each of those organisations comes complete with a good stock of white people. So, whilst people rightly describe ***** as the least francophone country in all of West Africa, I've nev** encount**ed so many English speak**s in the one place - even people on the bus on the way up h**e. I must say, I enjoy the small town attitude a lot ...

As the temp**ature in this region of the planet was rising towards the v**y hot mark, I was starting to wond** if coming to ***** was such a good idea. But in ***** I was, and specifically Niamey the capital. H**e I decided, a day to rest, a day to see the sights and a day to leave. On my day of rest I purposely absented myself from a wild giraffe spotting tour and on it's return found out I'd missed a rock throwing, teargas and a burning tyre student demonstration which ...

Dear Friends and Family- Joe and I just took a 3-week "vacation" to *****, Burkina Faso, and Mali (the 2nd, 4th and 7th poorest countries in the world respectively) and we wanted to share our exp**ience. *****: Aft** a grueling 11-hour tros tros ride (imagine 20 people in a Windstar, your knees pressing into the seat so hard th**e are bruises and ev**y time th**e was a police stop you had to climb out the window) we arrived at the Peace Corps Hostel in Niamey ...

Too much has happened since last time I wrote to give you even a semi-detailed account of what I've been up to, so instead h**e's a quick run-down sans details: Fada-Ngourma, last town in Burkina Faso. Vultures harrass you from the rooftops. Three non-working toilets and a basin full of dried vomit - I was glad to leave. ***** bord** had been closed for three days due to the gen**al election, leaving traffic stacked to the horizon and creating a ...

Camels, turbans, minarets, dried mud cities, hot sun, and des**t landscape...***** sometimes felt like being in Disney's Aladdin. I wouldn't have been surprised to find an old dusty lant**n with a genie inside. Nor would I have been shocked to find that the carpet/blanket that I slept on und** the stars one night had suddenly decided to take flight and transport me through the stars, ov** a dusty town, and off into the des**t. ***** was quite a magical trip, but it started off like ...

Aside from having the dubious honor of being the poorest nation on earth (Burkina Faso dukes it out with ***** each year), I knew little about the country to my north h**e in Benin. ***** conjured images of des**t and camels, turbaned people, and thirst... yes thirst... In that regard, ***** met all my expectations- th**e was des**t, th**e w**e camels, th**e w**e turbaned folk... and I was t**ribly thirsty the entire trip. The trip began with an eight hour ride up ...