Back in Burkina after the last splendid days in Mali. The afternoon in Segou got to experience Niger river on a pinasse, the name that gave inspiration to plenty of almost funny jokes. Right after getting back ashore got caught in a thunderstorm and was time to dig out the rainproofs which hadn*t been used yet. The morning started early with a drive towards Sikasso, was the first time for everyone to visit the city and probably won*t be introduced to the itiner...

Been a long and even bumpy road since kick-off in Accra, spent our last evening eating out together at Buka [Lonely Planet check your bloody facts] and I managed to amuse our tour leader Paul by daring to order Banku and finishing the whole sticky chunk with my guinea fowl soup. Banku is basically goo made out of fermented maize. The first driving day started with excitement and after hours of driving on different variety of bumpy roads, arrived in the crater la...