Last day in Burkina

Just a quick follow up on my last day in Africa. There are definitely some things I miss, like having no schedule. It's been rough coming back to Germany and having places to be at certain times - it's been a brutal transition and I nearly died of fatigue over the past week. And it's damn cold here, like the coldest-spring-in-120-years cold, if you can believe it. Is it better than +45C, still debating that.

Since I have real internet again, I thought I'd throw up a couple a photos of Burkina's underwhelming capital city, Ouagadougou:

Ok, so there's some alright buildings and a big mosque, nothing to write home about. And the city center is actually pretty barren: there's a market and a bunch of banks and hotels. Really, even the big city isn't much more than a large village with an out-of-place financial center.

Which brings me to my conclusion: Burkina Faso is an amazing place to work, but a terrible place to visit. If you want to live here for a few months doing aid work or something, it's a great place with friendly people and a less westernized culture. Just be prepared to eat a lot of rice.