New Year Trip

Just After a couple of hours of sleep on Jan 1st, I headed to southern part of Burkina (touristy area) with some friends.

@Banfora :80km from Bobo

Dômes

There used to be water until the top of these rocks...

2009, 1st sunset

At night, we had japanese new year dinner (Azoni : soy sauce based soupe with mochi and veggies and salmon sushi) at a volunteer's house in Banfora☆

Hippo lake

Hippos show up only early morning usually so we went there at 6 on 2nd.

But we didn't have luck. They weren't there...

However, a beautiful sunrise welcomed us.

Cascades(waterfall)

The water was very cool and refreshed us!

Niansogoni : A village, about 80 km from Banfora, 8km from Mali border.

We stayed one night at this village.

with village kids

There were many baobab trees on the cliff

An abandoned village (houses and about 40 years ago because of hard life style. It is preserved well just because they are located under the cliff and avoid rain and too strong sun.

Cereal stores

We slept in a traditional house (case)

Kids always help cooking.

Pic de Sindou (Sindou peaks) in the village between Niansogoni and Banfora

Rocks are in very various, interesting form

I found a buddha face rock.

From the highest part, we could see at least 180 degrees of view around.

On the way, we met many people and things.

Famous Banfora suger cane fields

This is not natural fire! they make brown suger with burning suger canes in such primitive and environmentally unfriendly way...

In southern part of Burkina, cotton production is active. How was this year's harvest ?

Women are going back home after work at fields. Sorry for lots of dust from our car !

A truck Packed by laborers of some factory

A long distance bus is also packed, impossible to close the back door.

I had a great time in nature with nice people around.