http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burkina-Faso/Sahel/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Burkina Faso , Sahel en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:22:55 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:22:55 +0000 Now that school is out Radhika and I decided to take a trip to Oursi a village in the Sahel region in northern Burkina Faso. This would be the place we tried to go last summer when we caught a ride on top of a truck and then got stranded in the middle of the desert overnight because the road was flooded out.This time we brought bikes so we wouldnrsquot have to rely on slow rickety trucks fo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burkina-Faso/Sahel/Gorom-Gorom/blog-286212.html 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 celllike 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 AnneSpohie both from France. They are travelling separately on bikes but have hooked u http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burkina-Faso/Sahel/Gorom-Gorom/blog-277507.html Kerst hebben we in Ouaga gevierd met etentjes bij een collega van CIFOR en bij vrienden. Op kerstavond hadden we een uitnodiging bij Marguerit de vriendin van Siaka.2e kerstdag 700 uur bus SOGEBAF richting BANI.BANIHet dorpje Bani ligt 35 km onder Dori en staat bekend om zijn 7 moskeen die geheel tegen de regels van de islam niet naar het oosten staan gericht maar naar de grootste van de 7 centr http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burkina-Faso/Sahel/Gorom-Gorom/blog-115520.html