22 February – 6 March 2011
FESPACO in OUAGADOUGOU (wag-a-do-goo)
Ok I’m here in Ouagadougou now for the long haul, after the insurance company agreed to the accommodation change until I am fit enough to continue travel – approx 10 days. So first up I’ve learnt to spell Ouagadougou correctly! Short walks showed I was only 10 minutes from 2 of FESPACO’s cinemas, but alas correct reliable information was very hard to ferret out. I was assured there would be many movies in english, but no idea which ones. Next day someone had the bright idea that if the title was in english, then the movie would be in english – this turned out to be particularly reliable in 90% of the films I saw. Now where are the venues – an african will direct you with his hands waving about because he knows exactly where it is – but alas a map is of no use to him, and essential to me.. And I remain none the wiser where a couple of the cinemas are. One day I was taken by moto to another nearby cinema called CBC, but alas when I turned up there for a movie a week later, turns out it was not the CBC cinema and not my movie showing! lol


Salif Keita is scheduled to play on Saturday according to a huge advertisement in the centre of town. I turned up to buy a ticket, but the lad was very sorry, they didn’t know anything about it other than it had been advertised that they would have the tickets for sale. But go 2 days later and voila, tickets are now for sale. And at long last I’ve also bought a bus ticket to Ghana – supposedly to Tamale for my next World Vision Sponsor visit, but when the details arrive from Australia after a bit of nudging, turns out Bolgatanga will be my destination, 200km north. Very happy I double checked and now I cannot wait to be back on the move again.
FACT: Watching a short doco called Les Blancs (those whites) about an animal ambulance service in the Netherlands. The africans were in stitches oflaughter watching a bird get careful care and attention to mend it’s injury, an animal psychiatrist making a home visit to a naughty dog and the loudest laughs of all for the pet funerals. Oh those whites!!!
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