The country that is the subject of this week’s ‘Through My Lens’ is the dusty, land locked country in West Africa Burkina Faso. I visited twice, now ten years ago. The cities/towns seemed to have fields or basically wilderness in the middle. It’s a wild sort of place, and ever so hot – most days were around the 40 degrees mark when I was there. And that was the cooler part of the year.

Roofs of Ouagadougou (second visit)

Dusty road Bobo Diolosso.

From the capital of Ouagadougou I went down to Banfora where I took a guided tour of the region including visiting a village, then back to Bobo-Diolosso, Burkina Faso’s second city. The second time I arrived in Ouagadougou again and went north to Ouahigouya on my way to Mali and the Dogon Country. Enjoy!

Termite mound in the countryside near Banfora.

Met a group of students in Ouagadougou (second trip) got a photo.

Interesting round about in Ouagadougou.

Guide on the road near Banfora.

Border town Ouahigouya.

Bobo-Diolosso

Ouahigouyah

Banfora.

Empty fields in the middle of Ouagadougou.

Village outside Banfora.

Mosque, Bobo-Diolosso.

Cine Burkina in Ouagadougou.

Drummers performing in Banfora.

Dancing in Ouagadougou (first trip)

Bikes in Bobo-Diolosso.

Thanks for stopping by – May the Journey Never End!