We had been warned that the road was potholed and bad for the first half of the 356 km journey. We were expecting potholes in the road - but what there were were slight tarmac imperfections which meant that we had to drive at 100km instead of 120! Our trips through east africa have obviously given us a different level of expectation...
Lunched in Boromo of spaghetti and sauce at a maquis (roadside pub)- we daren't yet try the whole fried chicken that was available at the bus station - and there was nowhere to sit with it....though it appeared that some of the other patrons at the maquis had brought theirs with..
Bobo is currently being renovated - seemingly a third of the streets in the city are being resurfaced or dug open for drainage works, making the city dustier than usual (I hope) and full of deep scary holes in the middle of the road.
We drove round exploring and orienting ourselves - it seems that Bobo has a lot in common with other second cities the world over, compared to the capital it seems a bit more laid back and less frantic, more at ease with itself as a city.
Impressive Sudanese style mosque in the centre
How's this for a train station?
though we didn't see the trains which run to Abidjan Ivory Coast we did hear them - I hope that they are no longer steam trains!!We stayed at the Algouta since our first choice was booked up - a quiet out of the centre place which has seen better days, but cheap and cheerful..unlike the Auberge we were recommended which had 60 euro prison cells..
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