Raising the passport to acknowledge the moment

**This was a re-enactment done hours later in my hotel room**

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And that's his century! A beautiful innings this one!

May 23rd 2011
At the close of twilight a busload of passengers were preying towards Mecca. Meanwhile a white man was walking out of the border office of Burkina Faso raising his passport in the air. That white man was me and I was acknowledging the Ladies and Members stand at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). I had just notched up my maiden century! But I wasn’t raising my passport like a cricket bat (typical ... read more

Africa » Burkina Faso » Centre » Ouagadougou

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

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