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Leaving Mali For Burkina Faso
May 18th 2008 Back in Bandiagara after the Dogon trek. We needed a day to get caught up on laundry and repacking. We opted to sleep on the roof back at the Hotel Satimbe, rather than the cell-like room, but it was different with the noise of a larger town and more lights. In the courtyard at the hotel we met Adele and Anne-Spohie, both from France. They are travelling separately, on bikes, but have hooked u
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Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural res... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
