Things are looking up.
Fatou has made a new batch of our yummy lime marmelade, and last night was a lovely evening: Keita and I invited various single people staying at the hotel, as well as our two Belgians Lucas and Walter to eat with us in the garden under the light of the waning full moon and a paraffin lamp. The table was made up in an exciting mix of nationalities, which included a South African lady working for Unesco and a most glamorous young lady from Cameroun. The Belgians spent a long time telling us about the difficulties of being Belgian which was most entertaining...
And although our election candidate Baber Gano didn't make it to local government, his august features grace the breakfast table at Hotel Djenné Djenno in the form of napkins so it was not all in vain.