Brian: June 4 8:55 am ‘Ouaga’
From the air, there is amazing amount of huts, shacks, shelters and compounds with cement buildings. We had a great meal on the plane again and enjoyed the air conditioning, wine, water…whatever we requested. As soon as we deplaned, wow. We are in a very different place. The building that we went into for customs is right out of an Indiana Jones movie. A little scary. No A/C, half the lights work, old paint, and police in different uniforms than the States, military looking. Well, we got through that no problem.
There was a little confusion with our pickup time, and we waited for about 2 hours. To say that we were approached by several entrepreneurial vendors does not quite show their enthusiasm and determination. Phone cards is the hot product, and eventually, we bought one to call Pastor Glenn Fluegge. That call cost $10, as we were not aware until later than the seller had loaded the minuets on his phone. Oh well, the call was worth it. Glenn got there just in time, a wild wind storm blew in and as we were driving, cut visibility to 75 feet or so. We traveled along a normal 2 lane road, but picture this…cars in both directions, then mopeds next to them, bicycles and then people walking. A LOT of people around, and just craziness of darting mopeds, pedestrians, blinding sand and roadside markets. One of the wildest scenes I have ever seen.
Amidst all of this, where are we going to stay? We are at a guarded walled compound where missionaries translate the Bible. Very nice (with A/C). we then went to dinner, an event that I almost laughed thinking, sure…where? Glenn took us a to a very nice open air restaurant where I had a calzone and ice cream to rival any in the states, we are off to do some errands with Glenn in Ouagadougou, and a 5 hour ride to Dapaong. (Hi Danielle, Felicia, Monica and Ashley)!
Photos are coming in the next email!
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