bryanjazz

The journey to Burkina Faso was an amazing experience. Initially, the people are a little guarded, but that quickly fades into beautiful smiles. Once connected to someone, true friendships are easily formed, with an openness and level of intimacy that often takes years to develop in America.

The town I went to, Dano, did have an internet cafe, but had no access yet. And , in contrast to Ghana, cell phones were not prolific. In fact, few people had phones at all, but rather used public telecenters...when they had need to make phone calls. I saw one TV, which had one station, in the hotel i stayed in...which had no indoor plumbing or running water. Definitely a small town. :-)

After a couple nights there, we moved two miles outside of town to the village. The experience left me with a deep understanding and appreciation of the transition a village/small town goes through moving into "the modern age', and the differences between village life and life in the small town. More later...