Culture

We actually left town. For Hazels birthday I took her to a sculpture park 30km outside Ouaga. When you leave Ouaga there is a toll booth, we paid 400 CFA (0.60 Euro 0.50 GBP) for there and back. The country is amazingly empty and flat. The road is mostly straight and, this part, pothole free.

The sculpturepark was an idea of government, basically they found a heap of stones and didn't know what to do. Invited international artist to have some fun and now charge people to see it. I admire the idea. As we found out the execution lacked the final finish.

We arrived at a huge newly made carpark, and we were the only ones. When we left there was another group, they were smart enough not to park in the carpark, but opposite in the shade.

The first ten meters of the path was well made with red gravel, but for the rest we had to find our own way. Good start, not so good finish. The fact that they left most building material just behind the entrance is not very inviting. We are hoping that our contribution of 1000 CFA each will be well spent. It is not as if they didn't have time, some stones were dated 2005.

One of the better ones.

Hazel found a snakeskin, wondering whether there are venomous snakes around. It was not that long, around 30 cm.

We made our way back to Ouaga to have lunch at Baratapas but found it closed. So we went to the american club. We didn't know what to expect, but it had more of a feeling of a local neighbourhood centre than an international club. The food was good though.

Tonight we (hopefully) will have another experience. Gigot a la ficelle (Leg of lamb on a string)

http://legigotalaficelle.skyrock.com/