Before heading out of town, one last visit to Ouagadougou’s “Grande Marches” (market) with its baskets, tie-dyed cloth – the Centre Artisanal with batiks, bronze castings and carvings. Then the street vendors selling Dogon carvings, masks and chairs. Shopping is exhausting when there is almost too much to choose from. City tour over, we drove [...]
“Travel Tips & Advice on Burkina Faso”
The Mossi People, Burkina Faso – West Africa
September 27th, 2006 
Sheila Simkin 
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Tags: adventure, Burkina Faso, culture, destination, event, food, information, log, markets, Mossi ethnic group, nature, Ouagadougou, sightseeing, Timbuktu, travel, walking, West Africa 
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – West Africa
September 26th, 2006 Sheila Simkin Many air and land hours later, we landed in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, and were met by Roberto Cerea. Roberto and Alberto are the local tour operators for Mountain Travel and operate their own agency (Transafrica) based in Togo. A brief paragraph on Roberto…then I’ll continue raving about him and his organization through [...]
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