Elli and Desiré left early this morning to go do infiltration measurements in Reko. Me and Helena slept in, until seven. Such a nice, slow morning.
Helena was going back to Ouagadougou today, but before she took the bus we decided to take a walk through Ouahigouya, just to have seen something of it. And I was surprised of how fast it was to walk from our hotel to the market, a distance that I’ve only gone by car before. I guess it took so long by car, because of the crazy motorcycle and bike traffic here. You can never drive very fast in the towns. But walking is fine (if you can handle the heat, that is).
We saw the local movie theater.
And Helena bought bread at the bakery where we’ve started to buy our lunch and breakfast bread.
And then we reached the market.
I loaded up on fruits, and Helena had me try some local fast food – deep fried millet dough cakes with groundnut-pimento powder on. It didn’t blow my mind, but most things deep fried will always work with me.
Then Helena caught the bus, and I walked back to the hotel to work. I like the market, though, and now that I know that it’s possible to walk there, I’ll definitely do it again. We’re not here only to work, after all. We should explore some on our own, too. They told us so at the MFS grant course that me and Elli had to take. And who am I to not heed to such a recommendation?
Katja Malmborg 