one week down, lots to go
on Destiny unknown (Burkina Faso), 21/Feb/2011 18:30, 34 days ago
First impressions, here they are:typical smell, like visiting Asia - and I love itwelcome committee of VSO: just brilliant! If one should ever need a course on how to make people at ease: one place, Ouagadougou. Even after the welcome, they still make an endless effort to make us as comfortable as it can get. the heat: we’ve started tuesday round 25 degrees. Now it’s more 35. Slow down, slower down, and even then, it’s energy-consuming. Need to change rhythm of the day towards la mediterrannee: commence la sieste. the fellow volunteers: cheers! Nice people they are, all of them. Spent a weekend in the city buying stuff for our house and linking up with the‘anciens’. kicker tables: all around us, in the streets. For my (ex-)colleagues of Daidalos: feel free to come around and have a game. Most probably: don’t mind if you get beaten by a 10-year old local kid. Haven’t played so far, just my guts feeling.our house: going to move in next weekend. Nice place, got a mango tree and a lovely terrace - and a structure in place to create our own maquis. Located just outside the city centre it’s an ideal place to be relaxed.That’s it for now.