Thursday, January 05, 2006

The man from Ouagadougou


Today I met a man traveling to Ouagadougou. "oo-ga-doo-goo" is the neatest sounding city-name I've seen on this trip so far... It is a city in the neighbouring country of Burkina Faso.

The man was to have traveled to Ouagadougou via Bellview airlines, but the flight was cancelled. Grounded is more like it. Bellview had a recent history of plane crashes and a poor safety record.

We ended up flying Slok Air from Ghana to Liberia.... not that Slok has any better safety record (United Nations personnel had been prohibited from flying on Slok at one point because of the 0.5 safety rating (out of 10)). But we need to get to Liberia badly, so what choice do we have?

-=H=-

P.S. Goat soup and Kenturkey Fried Chicken on the menu last night at the Hometouch Restaurant....

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