direct to you from wagga-do-goo!
not much new in village...apart from the time i went into fada to send in my etude de milieu and almost got stranded in the bush for the night.
normally i bike in to town but as i was only planning on going in for the morning to send in my report i took a bush taxi. my normal half hour wait on the side of the goudron ended up taking three hours and just before i actually got in to fada, we were stopped at the peage because the driver of another bus had forged some papers. so after spending the entire morning trying to get to fada, i typed up my report and went to the alimentation to pick up some tuna and the best peanuts in burkina.
i had planned to observe the cp2 class at my primary school that afternoon but i was hoping that i would at least be able to get back before the end of the school day to explain where i had been. after the requisite 45 minute wait, my new bush taxi started to leave town, only to take a "short cut" through the bush so that they didn't have to pay at the peage, which would have been a good idea...if only we hadn't busted a tire half an hour outside of town.
i thought that i was actually going to have to spend the night in the bush, but luckily some guy showed up on a bike with another tire after like an hour and a half.
so after leaving my house at 7:00 am, i made it back just before 8:00 at night.
i'm in ouaga for the gad meeting until sunday, then i'll go back to fada, and then head up to titao for thanksgiving at the rose's after which i have ist in ouaga...again. i hope my village doesn't forget who i am.
ouaga is nice, especially if you've been in village for a while, but it overwhelmes and overstimulates me. having electricity messes up my new body rhythm. normally in village i'm in bed by 8:30 or 9:00, or at least reading in bed, and i'm up by 5:30. when i'm in ouaga i'm usually up until about 2:00 am...but i still wake up by 6:00. last night we went to paradisio for dinner since it was josh's (another pcv) last night before he cos'd and flies back to america and then we went for beers at rezoo after. when we got back to the house, it was around midnight, but i couldn't fall asleep so i just laid in bed until around 2:00 and then was up again by 6:30.
i should quit whining since i go to take a hot shower and i'll probably eat a cheeseburger for dinner.
normally i bike in to town but as i was only planning on going in for the morning to send in my report i took a bush taxi. my normal half hour wait on the side of the goudron ended up taking three hours and just before i actually got in to fada, we were stopped at the peage because the driver of another bus had forged some papers. so after spending the entire morning trying to get to fada, i typed up my report and went to the alimentation to pick up some tuna and the best peanuts in burkina.
i had planned to observe the cp2 class at my primary school that afternoon but i was hoping that i would at least be able to get back before the end of the school day to explain where i had been. after the requisite 45 minute wait, my new bush taxi started to leave town, only to take a "short cut" through the bush so that they didn't have to pay at the peage, which would have been a good idea...if only we hadn't busted a tire half an hour outside of town.
i thought that i was actually going to have to spend the night in the bush, but luckily some guy showed up on a bike with another tire after like an hour and a half.
so after leaving my house at 7:00 am, i made it back just before 8:00 at night.
i'm in ouaga for the gad meeting until sunday, then i'll go back to fada, and then head up to titao for thanksgiving at the rose's after which i have ist in ouaga...again. i hope my village doesn't forget who i am.
ouaga is nice, especially if you've been in village for a while, but it overwhelmes and overstimulates me. having electricity messes up my new body rhythm. normally in village i'm in bed by 8:30 or 9:00, or at least reading in bed, and i'm up by 5:30. when i'm in ouaga i'm usually up until about 2:00 am...but i still wake up by 6:00. last night we went to paradisio for dinner since it was josh's (another pcv) last night before he cos'd and flies back to america and then we went for beers at rezoo after. when we got back to the house, it was around midnight, but i couldn't fall asleep so i just laid in bed until around 2:00 and then was up again by 6:30.
i should quit whining since i go to take a hot shower and i'll probably eat a cheeseburger for dinner.
posted by danielle at 4:23 PM
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