I had a great mini-vacation to Ouagadougou (Waga), Burkina Faso, followed by an in-service training for business volunteers and an all-volunteer conference, and now I'm ready to get back to work in my village. Waga is a beautiful city, very "developed" with big buildings, wide clean boulevards, good restaurants, and beautiful cinemas. I took a bush taxi trip up the country, so I got to see Kara and Dapaong for the first time, albeit briefly. Kara is especially nice, kind of like Togo's mini version of Waga, and I was impressed with their lush gardens. Then after crossing the Burkina border in Cinkasse, we took a bus (think American-style after about 20 years of hard use, seats falling apart, holes in the floor where you can see the road, but still nicer than bush taxis because
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