HACKING THE CITY OF DARKNESS, Ouagadougou, market. 26 Aug, Sun.

Pounding noises were now the cause of my awakening, with brief pauses and small breaks. Eventually, leaving the bedroom, I saw that Canazui had just started hacking away at the dirt surrounding a stump. The pick seemed to be doing a small job on the very hardened soil, so I thought my little contribution was [...]

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…AND YOU COULD HAVE BEEN RICH LIKE ME, Ouagadougou, villages. 25 Aug, Sat.

People were really letting me get too many luxuries. Now that Canazui was in the picture, Roland was no longer my watcher, but I was able to get breaky from now on. One of Canazui’s duties was to buy something for the equivalent, or less, of $1 AUD. So, John was also officially working at [...]

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MALARIA MAN VERSUS LISA’S AND TONY’S GIRLS, Ouagadougou. 24 Aug, Fri

How can one give samples of the #1s and #2s if they had thrown up all essentials, then not eaten otherwise. Somehow I provided the samples and thoroughly went about hiding the information. Today I did feel better, which meant my fever had been subsiding and the tablets, thus, successful. The first stop was the [...]

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REAPPEARANCE OF STREET FOOD, Ouagadougou. 23 Aug, Thu.

So, a small recap. Today is Thursday, correct? This would mean that I had been in Ouagadougou for less then 4 days (3pm would be the 4 day mark). Well, to try and get up in time for the 8am departure, I had my alarm set for 7am. The alarm went beeping off, and I [...]

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GREEN FROM THE STREET, Ouagadougou. 22 Aug, Wed

Waking up and trying to eat as many of the leftovers as possible was a sorrowful sight. A few days ago we had a salad for lunch, where one needs to remember that Reciproka was out of power for several hours, and now the tomatoes had this lovely creamy coloured addition. The mould was only [...]

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GRANDE CATASTROPHÉ, Ouagadougou. 21 Aug, Tue

While Roland was not on holidays his body clock had him adjusted to waking up prior to 6am. Well, even though he was on holidays his sleep in allowed very little compromise to the times he actually awoke. By the time I had gotten up just after 7am, there were no signs as if he [...]

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PADDOCKS FOR THE HOT, Ouagadougou. 20 Aug, Mon.

Waking up (at 7am) to no one there, I was able to get several things organised. By the time it was 9.30am, Donat had arrived, and we had headed off for SONABEL (Societe Nationale D’Electricite Du Burkina). Some errors had been made with the factions (bills), where the previous occupant of the house was behind [...]

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THE WHOS OF RECIPROKA, Ouagadougou and villages. 19 Aug, Sun night.

Currently about 3pm I walked away from my identity for the world with a touch of skepticism, the officer from the Visas kept on pointing somewhere for me. As I continued along his path of point I found my self amongst the luggage conveyers, to which I observed several people now sleeping on them and [...]

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