Yesterday: Yet another chock-realization that the cultures of Burkina Faso and Sweden are vastly different. Misunderstandings regarding laboratories and payments and bookings and how to get things done. Sometimes, just getting someone to answer the phone can be a whole-day mission. But now, hopefully, things have gotten solved and we’ll be able to finish the work here on a good note.
For dinner, we ordered in, because that was the only thing we had time for.
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A last morning of internet. At 11, we’ll (hopefully) be picked up, go to Kaya for my last feedback sessions – and then the fieldwork is done for real.
I’m sure I’ll have loads to say once all impressions have had a chance to settled a little bit. For now, though, I just want to make sure everything gets done. Say what you may about Burkina Faso, it’s definitely not boring, at least. The suspense is having me hold my breath until the last possible moment.
Katja Malmborg 