"The war in Ivory Coast has caused problems with the internet," explained the owner of the b&b I was staying in.
That sounded like horseshit to me, but who knows. It certainly didn't affect the internet in the center of Bobo Dioulassou, where I sat for hours on the porch of a nice hotel, using their internet, ordering their food, and finally, chatting with a couple I'd met in the guesthouse.
Nina, Frank, and I talked for hours. Why not? It was the middle of the afternoon on a Friday. There wasn't anything else to do in Bobo, which is relaxed almost to a fault.
And at night, we found takeout falafel, caught a shared taxi back to the guesthouse, and gobbled up our snacks at the dining room table. A nice relaxing day—though it could have been improved had I not been wondering how long I'd be banned from commenting on my own Wall on Facebook, after lots night's strange internet blip.
And in the morning, I'd wonder briefly if I had malaria, determine I had PMS instead, get up early, catch another TCV bus, and move on to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
That sounded like horseshit to me, but who knows. It certainly didn't affect the internet in the center of Bobo Dioulassou, where I sat for hours on the porch of a nice hotel, using their internet, ordering their food, and finally, chatting with a couple I'd met in the guesthouse.
Nina, Frank, and I talked for hours. Why not? It was the middle of the afternoon on a Friday. There wasn't anything else to do in Bobo, which is relaxed almost to a fault.
And at night, we found takeout falafel, caught a shared taxi back to the guesthouse, and gobbled up our snacks at the dining room table. A nice relaxing day—though it could have been improved had I not been wondering how long I'd be banned from commenting on my own Wall on Facebook, after lots night's strange internet blip.
And in the morning, I'd wonder briefly if I had malaria, determine I had PMS instead, get up early, catch another TCV bus, and move on to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
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