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July 29, 2007

Arrival in Burkina

The flight from Air Maroc finally landed 2½ hrs late, at 5am on Thursday.

I stumbled blearily to a nearby taxi and headed off to the SIL guest house to grab an hour’s sleep. There I discovered that the delay on the flight had given someone enough time to break the padlock on one of my cases and rummage through to see if there was anything worth stealing. Fortunately they chose the wrong case. They didn’t seem interested in my socks and underpants.

I should be in Gorom-Gorom by now. But I'm not. I was planning to go straight up there to see how things are going, then come back in 3 days to pick up Pete and Maggie, who are coming out to help with the Kids’ Camp. However, I finally decided that would be silly. If not stupid. I am tired from the last month’s work and from the journey. The road to Gorom is cut off at the moment by flooding from the recent rains. It could take me three days to get there. So have decided to take a break in Ouaga and just wait for Pete and Maggie. I have spoken to Seydou, Pascal, and others in Gorom, and things seem to be going ahead okay.

Changing plans has been less straightforward than expected. No space at SIL or the other guest houses. But kind friends have put me up. Have difficulty with email, but good internet access. And it is an unexpected and needed opportunity for a few days rest.

Nice.

Posted by Keith at July 29, 2007 11:33 PM