The startNathalie Vallee Today is the actual start of this weird trip thingy. I found out yesterday that my departure date for Burkina Faso is on Semptember 16th. It is getting close. It's also getting real. For those of you who might not know, I was suposed to leave at the beginning of June for a placement in Sri Lanka with WUSC (World University Services of Canada). This co-op opportunity was cancelled 3 weeks before the departure by the University for safety reasons. I would have gone personally. But apparently there is something out there, a little Je-ne-sais-quoi, who wanted me to go to Burkina Faso. This whole " I'm supposed to go to Burkina Faso" thing started long before the cancellation of my placement in Sri Lanka. Here is the short story. During my first
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