Just when I am beginning to wonder once more what I am doing here all alone; asking myself useless questions such as 'is it all worth it?'; becoming morose and feeling lonely I run into one of those joyful events again which in a moment"s flash removes all doubt: Of course I want to be here! This is absolutely great!
And what prompted such a turn around?
Once again the yearly hunter"s festival. The water stands high around Djenne and this afternoon 20 pirogues or more plied the glittering water while the air was pungent with gunsmoke as the hunters shot their blanks in the air to celebrate their morning's catch.