On to Bobo-Dioulasso

After a sleepless first night at L’Hôtel des Cocotiers, we went to a bakery for breakfast, which took around two hours. It seems efficiency at eating establishments run by Africans is not a priority here, but charm makes up for it all. Unfortunately, not in my North American mind where customer service is number 1! I ordered eggs, a cafe au lait and orange juice. My plate was served last, despite it being sunny-side-up eggs with sausages and the others omlettes with all the toppings. We were given our drinks LAST. We were all very thirsty at that point and noticed a family of Nasaras came an hour after us, and left 30 minutes before us. I guess their waitress was better at her job. Another word from the “wise” when ordering: don’t have your heart set on anything in particular, have two or three choices in mind (in case they run out). Also be clear to make the servers repeat your order before they go to the “kitchen” (if they end up going there directly) because they’ll nod “yes yes”, but in reality they misunderstood and are confused.

Onto our city tour which began by hard bargaining a local tour guide. We walked to the old Mosque within 5 minutes (one good thing about our hotel was the location).

I can’t tell you much about the mosque, because I was half asleep. Enjoy the photos!

The entrance, note the restriction against cell phone use.

Cans for washing

The washing area.

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