Burkina heart beat centre and nothing beyond.

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I got to Ougadougu almost flying, the southern winds were just pushing me all the time. My average speed was 25 km/h. I passed village after village, stopping just a few times.
In Ougadougu I had a pleasant surprise!! One Couchsurfing host contacted me with his polish coworker in a brewery "Brakina" (the biggest and the only one in Burkina Faso) and told me I could stay with him for a while.
Josef has been working for the Brakina brewery for at least 8 years and is a really cool guy!! His flat had an swimming pool and his fridge was full of beer. We had many talks about the 'African Experience'. He also showed me the brewery which was very interesting.
As I got to the town on Monday the next day was a bank holiday because of the end of Ramadan. As it is mostly a family orientated holiday I didn't bother to go and have a look how people on the street go about that.
The banks and all embassies were all close so I an had extra day to rest and just do nothing special!
In the following days I did arrange my Mali visa which was very straight forward, and wasn't even very expensive. I got some money from the ATM, once again Travellers Checks weren't accepted anywhere. It makes this form of storing money very useless here!!
Ouagadougu is quite a friendly capital city, with it's hustle and bustle, but something was really unusual. They have bicycle strips on the side of the road fully jamed with motorbikes and cyclists as well. It doesn't make it any easier to cycle but it is nice to see that sometimes the goverment thinks about people using this type of transport.
I also attended a Moro-Naba ceremony where a local chief consulted with goverment and his lower level chiefs. It was very formal and short. To be honest I wouldn't go to see it again!
The Lonely Planet guide writes about it and it is one of the few attractions in this town. I have seen it, done it, thank you very much!
Every day now is very hot and I was really enjoing the air conditioning in Josef's flat. I imagine that as I will be going more in to Sahel it will be even hotter, but I can't change the direction of my trip and so it looks like the hardest part of it is just about to come!!

So after 5 days here I'm really keen to move on. I hope the wind will be with me?

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