Burkinabè art

Piece of Burkinabè art dressing up my living room wall

secret test ...

Hectic weeks - again. Spent a lot of days in Houndé working on management of allotments and accounting. Have learned muchos muchos (and somehow people didn't got upset with my remarks). Some more - in random order - remarks since my ability to invent a storyline appears to have gotten lost somewhere - where's that bottle of mojito -:

• rain season seems to have started somewhat a couple of days ago - finally. Barrages can be filled up again.
• Denise is now at the letter D. And still smiling & happy.
• the chicken population at Houndé decimated last week - I could choose between chips, rice or alloco (bananas) but every lunch and dinner ... there was roasted chicken. Must say tho the best chicken I've had in Burkina. To experience yourself, drive to Houndé, just after the mairie (on the left) turn right before the fuel station. A bit after the gun shop mind the potholes. They are enormous! Then turn left. There's a gate with something something 2000 on it. Enter & enjoy.
• for breakfast, the mayor's wife prepared some bad-ass bugs called 'chenies'. They were crusty, filled with proteins, and lacked a general sense of taste. Think it was a secret test ... 
• Next week is going to be spent in Po (near the border of Ghana) and Kindi (again). 

Nice scenery on a motorbike trip in the countryside. 

Some company during motorbike trip. Needles to say I left GPS at home and got completely lost.

last week ...

... I've:

• planned some missions to Houndé, Po and Kindi, eating up my planning for next month
• tried to sort out intern politics - and moving my way round them to solve a problem which has been lingering around for months. Succesfully! Yay!
• neglected my mid-week swim-session. 
• written a post for the Daidalos-blog here. 
• had my motorbike washed and cleaned for about 750 FCFA (1 euro) and enjoying driving it again. With temperatures not that hot it's fun again!
• tried to have a game of scrabble - sorry Martin, next time better !
• seen way too many goats on one motorbike. At least 10. 
• found out when the market in Saaba is. It appears to be every 3 days, so last tuesday, tomorrow, next monday, next thursday ... and so on.
• worked on staff guidelines and evaluation system for a municipality.
• seen the lemons grow and grow and grow.