The day after our outing with the kids, us girls (Becky, Anna, Rebecca and I) went into Ouaga for a girls day. We had fabulous plans to swim, eat good food, go to the bank and then go to a soccer game. Well these all fell through except for the eating part. But, even with our plans crushed, our trip was nothing short of interesting.
After we had an awesome lunch and then ice cream afterwards it was pretty much time to start heading back to Yako. So we flagged down a taxi and were ready to head to the grocery store next to the bus station. As we were approaching this taxi we all heard screaming. It sounded like a child was dying. We were all freaking out and wondering what to think. We all cautiously entered the back seat of the taxi and once inside the screaming got louder and louder. It was coming from the trunk and were were told by the driver that two goats were in the back. AH! What?! Every time we hit a bump the goats screamed and then we screamed. The driver thought this was hilarious and just responded, "This is Africa." After what felt forever, we finally dropped the guy that had been in the front seat off. He got his four goats out of the trunk and went on his way. We drove about 15 feet and then stopped. We were all thinking, "what now?" It was a flat tire....so we all got out and sat down on the side of the road and waited. Yes, we could have just tried to get another taxi but we were on some side road and we had no idea where the main paved road was so waiting was our only option. By this time it was about 3:15 and our bus was leaving at 4. Two tires later, we were on our way to the bus station. By this time we didn't have time to go to the grocery store before so we headed straight for the station. We got our tickets and had 15 minutes to spare. Our bus arrived a little before 4 but we couldn't get on it because the AC was broken in it (the one bus that does have AC) and it didn't have windows that you could open so we had to wait for another bus to come. So we went to go sit back down and wait. A few minutes later they made an announcement that the bus would be about 20 minutes late, which really means 45 minutes. With wait time, Becky and I decided to run over to the grocery store to pick up a few things you can only get in Ouaga. Run we did. We made it to the store, food in our hands, and in line within 6 minutes; record time I am sure. While waiting in a fairly long line, Anna calls us to tell us that our bus is here. Uh oh....do we just forget the food and run or risk it....we risked it. We waited for our turn, bought our food, snagged the change and sprinted. We ran so fast an probably looked like fools I am sure, but we made it just in time. The four of us got on our bus and were ready to head home. But we didn't make it out of the station until 5 o'clock. Once out of the station it took us 45 minutes to get out of Ouaga. Oh Africa time.....I hope I haven't become to accustomed to this time mindset....
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