Bokin

Culture and History

Located at the center of the Mossi plateau, Bokin is a strictly Moore village, with the occasional Fulfulde intruder. Bokin has lots of millet and people and not much else. If Gaoua is the armpit of Burkina Faso, then Bokin is its hole.

Bokin is the home of former president.

Bokin is also home to the finest collection of Burkinabè fous/folles. These include but are not limited to:

• The Passport Folle
• The Digging Fou
• The Muppet Fou
• The Traveling Fou
• The Bad Fou
• The Prospector
• Mr. Congeniality
• The Toothy Fou
• The Old Fou Who Just Sits On a Log and Stares At You
• The Topless Folle

Travel to Bokin - Visa Requirements

From Ouaga take the first transport that leaves the Gare de Tampouy to arrive before nightfall. It leaves Ouaga at about 1:30pm and arrives in Bokin by 4:30pm

To leave Bokin take the early morning transport, which leaves at about 7:00am. The cost is 1500 CFA each way. On marché (market) days you can also take the camion to Yako for 750 CFA.

Tours and Getting around Bokin

Bokin tourist attractions and sightseeing

Bokin city tours

Video club across from the marché is guaranteed to please, as long as you appreciate Kung Fu movies and Champions’ League Football.

Bokin souvenirs and shopping

Marché

Large and in charge and once every three days.

Boutiques

All surrounding the marché, quality and selection changes but you can always buy toilet paper, sardines, pasta, couscous and NIDO.

Tailors

Ali does good work. Normal prices, and he can do anything. Located after the Total station on the left.

Bokin Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Restaurants

Sometimes, sometimes, you can get an omelette sandwich at the kiosque. They’re kinda oily, but damn cheap.

Street food and snacks

That is the only food to be found. Brochettes, porc au four, samsa, fruit, coconut, salads, rice, dried fish and all other types of normal street food are plentiful.

Bokin nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs

Lin Ti’s I & II are the two mainstays of any Bokin-region Volunteer’s life. Lin Ti is a 3-pagne tanti who will treat you right.

Bar Wende Konde (a.k.a. Vulture Bar) was nice for about two months, and sometimes comes through in the clutch, but in general is not as nice as Lin Ti’s.

The Post Bar, according to Raoul, a primary school teacher, is “more romantic”.

Bokin cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging

The (now former) Winans’ house (PCVs house) (owned by Sahel Solidarité, which can provide other lodging as well)

Contact

Post Office

Located on the hill by the antenna. Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:00-noon, 15:00-17:00; Saturday 8:00-11:00 You can take money out and receive packages but be forewarned that the postal clerk is rather disgruntled.

Internet

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