Safari Burkina Style! 1

 

One of the main thrills of being somewhere so different is the wildlife.  Although as common place as sparrows (which I love) the birds in particular really have our admiration.  A safari or visit to one of the nature reserves is out of the question, how I wish we had visited 20 years ago!  However, our local woods is an amazing spot and one we love. 

We have been getting up early for the past 2 Saturdays to walk up there in the relative cool.  6am and there are plenty of people out exercising.  The 'fast walk' seems to be favoured over jogging and we have viewed more than one fit personal trainer getting behind well fed middle aged couples.

So the concrete animals are outside of the zoo, in the woods.  It is always hard to tell the age of things here as the elements take their toll and what looks to be 40 years of wear and tear could just be 5.  We have looked through the bars and seen a bit of a distressed hippo, unless the hippo is actually fine and I am just projecting how I would feel in a room that was too small, on my own, being gawped at.

    

The signage is for you to practice your French (welcome to our world) and have a smile at the paintings which are something I love here.  Art by untrained artists is often some of the best.  That lack of perspective/viewpoint is something that I just could not allow myself to do and yet it gets inside your head!  

Luke modelling for size next to the termite mound. 

 The comment was that he had always wanted to swing on a vine like Tarzan.  You'll have to use your imaginations here...

I will need to do a separate bird blog, Safari Burkina Style 2.  This site isn't too keen on uploading so many photos.  It takes ages and then strange things happen like unwelcome text colour changes and underlining!

Grrrrrrr