Burkina Faso is certainly not on the travel itineraries of many tourists. Generally foreigners who visit this land locked country are NGO workers, diplomats, businessmen or those that transit through it from countries such as Mali or Ghana. We usually avoid capital cities if we can, since they are generally congested, noisy, polluted and navigating […]
The ferry from Rosso Mauritania jolted up against the landing planks on the shore of the Senegal River in the grubby town of Rosso in Senegal. The town name Rosso is used both on the Mauritania and the Senegal side of the border. Trucks, cars, motorbikes, donkey carts, goats and people heavily laden with goods […]
At the Moroccan border post we met a couple from Wisconsin who were travelling overland to Mali in two Toyota Forerunners. Their vehicles were packed to the rafters with all crockery, sheets, cutlery and other such items They were en route to Bamako, the capital of Mali to open a bed and breakfast. They asked if […]
