Bobo Dioulasso(Upper Volta)

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Upper Volta..quite a country it was...I crossed twice there..
since I went down to Abidjan..and couldn't get into Ghana..
visa etc..I went back up north..again to Upper Volta..
will tell you later about that...now..the trip Sikasso-Bobo..
was O.K. nice town in Southwest Upper Volta..
very interesting African market called le Grand March?..
the usual colourful scene..quite a lot of hotels,shops,
restaurants in Bobo..we stayed at a French missionary??
if I recall well..that priest was in Bobo for 30 years..
Upper Volta is mainly animistic of belief..
some Muslim+Catholics as well...
the Bobo tribe have got some strange masks in their rituals...
they use butterfly,antelope and other animals forms..
usually during a funeral..lots of ceremonies are going on..
never witnessed anything like that..
it's said..they want to drive away the evil spirits from the deceased..
otherwise his soul wil be forever haunted..magic Africa,you know??
in the evening..Bobo became lively..the local hookers play their game..
the music..is all over this town..bit like Bamako..
Bobo is a safe place..but one always must be alert for scams..
every white face..is a capitalist..hmm..I was not...ahah..
somebody told us to go to Banfora..south of Bobo..
direction Ivory Coast border..there was a waterfall at Karfigu?la..
and me and these French dudes..decided to explore that..
these dudes..were brothers..nice fellows..bit moody sometimes..
but after Ferk?(Ivory Coast)I said goodbye to them...
and continued alone..bit more dangerous..but I was not afraid..
I'll try to find a link about Bobo Dioulasso..
Tiger

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