Monday, February 27, 2006

Burkina Blues

After two months of research I still have to say: I do not understand one bit of this country! How on earth do people survive under these conditions?! In the villages where I am doing research, temperatures rise up to 40 degrees around noontime and they drop under 20 during the night: truly desert climate here. Everybody has a cold, because of the constant wind that blows and brings diseases and dust clouds that covers everything in dust and sand all the time. I sometimes cannot leave my house because the wind is so strong that I cannot stop coughing, my nose is bleeding all the time because of the dust, and sand blows into my eyes constantly. In the village daily life continues just as usual. Only five more weeks to go and I have still so much to do! But I have made a scheme and hopefully everything will work out just fine. Now I must be going to the villages again! Béogo! (= Bye)