After addressing with Fernando the issues about his card, (which by the way is in his possession, so somehow or another someone either created a card and put his number on it or just entered his number wherever they went, and they used it mainly at gas stations), Fernando sent an email updating us on what he's up to.
He said that things have been pretty good there over the last couple of days but that came after a horrendous bus ride from Bobo-Dioulasso to Sevaré on Saturday/Sunday. He said it ended up taking 18 hours overnight, which he thought we might not find so remarkable after the longer ride in Argentina. But he and Eva were already tired to begin with and he described the bus as, "a (barely) rolling chunk of scrap metal that had to be push started, it was pouring rain all night so we were getting leaked on constantly, it was crammed with people and it reeked". He also said that they passed through one sketchy police checkpoint or road blockade at night after another that required bribes and such, and that it all took place in French so they didn't really understand it all. They were extremely happy to get off that bus in Sevaré, get into a nice comfortable hotel and get some much needed rest. They have been to the market in Djenne, and are headed next to the Dogon country.
Today we have gotten some very beneficial rains from Hurricane Dolly. Nothing too severe, just steady light rain, which everything in our yard is appreciating immensely. Guillermo wishes we would get the kind of rains that would "scare me just a little bit" and I know what he means and I guess I would like that, too, because everything has been so very dry and we definitely need "that" kind of rain.
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