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I wanted to post or tweet from Tombouctou yesterday, just because it seemed one ought to do so if one could, but after all we were too tired and too hot to walk from the no-wifi hotel to the cybercafe. So I napped, and we had a superb rooftop dinner yesterday evening instead.
I am now in Ouagadougou making ready to go to bed after eating some very good pommes frites (french fries). As some wit said, the only things the French left in West Africa were French bread and pommes frites, rather than roads and schools.
Mali, by the way, is a very safe country, just fyi. Well, maybe except for the endemic maleria. We just arrived in Burkina Faso a few hours ago, and it is similar although I have to say that I already miss Mali. Malians have the most fabulous fashion sense and dress in the most spectacular fabrics. We're here in BF just 2 days, and then return to Mali, where I have to buy some bazin (cotton damask).
More later, but not soon, as internet access can be intermittent or slow, and also we remain busy.
I am now in Ouagadougou making ready to go to bed after eating some very good pommes frites (french fries). As some wit said, the only things the French left in West Africa were French bread and pommes frites, rather than roads and schools.
Mali, by the way, is a very safe country, just fyi. Well, maybe except for the endemic maleria. We just arrived in Burkina Faso a few hours ago, and it is similar although I have to say that I already miss Mali. Malians have the most fabulous fashion sense and dress in the most spectacular fabrics. We're here in BF just 2 days, and then return to Mali, where I have to buy some bazin (cotton damask).
More later, but not soon, as internet access can be intermittent or slow, and also we remain busy.