Scouting for activity under the endless West African sky… “What are you waiting for down there? Come up and join me!” For more skies around the world, visit Skywatch!

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Sometimes, words aren’t needed… The peaceful West African sunset speaks for itself! For more sky beauty from around the world, visit Skywatch!

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Dear readers! For nearly three years, you’ve joined me in my corner of West Africa. You’ve solar cooked with me; discovered famine foods of various kinds; ventured into the heart of the Zinder bush on ambling barb horses; explored the land; met the people; visited my neighbours; gone shopping (mostly tissue!) at the colourful Zinder [...]

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My dad has been wanting to figure on my blog for a while, so for today’s MyWorld post, I thought I would share one of our favourite rides featuring another favourite elements of ours: camels! My dad loves to ride amongst boulders, and behind the airfield is a large stone-clad area. On one of our [...]

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Africa, you have given us what no one else could give – a place to grow, a place to heal, a place to be. Thank you!

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With six equines, Ishtar’s Ark has begun to produce quite a massive amount of horse manure on a monthly basis… Living in the city, there’s not really any good way of disposing it. In the beginning, we dug it down in the gardens and served whoever who wanted some manure to feed their plants, but [...]

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Copyright Anette Bengtsson (2010) For more skies compositions from around the world, visit Skywatch!

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In the Well Trained Girls! post, I promised there would be more to come from Sheba’s first visit to the Baobab forest of Mirrah (see Sheba & the Baobab Forest). Well, somewhere between our picnic under the trees and our encounter with the zebu calf herd, a man rode by and asked if I wanted [...]

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Five… Four… Three… Two… One…………………… Although I don’t know for sure how many days it’ll be until we all get to go back home to Africa, I do know however that it won’t be long now and we’re working very hard to head south! For more skies around the world, click here!

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One of my favourite places on earth is the ancient Baobab forest of Mirriah, with its mix of century old baobab, palm and mango trees. Situated 25 km from our Zinder home, we normally go by car (although horseback riding is an option too during the cooler winter months). When Staffan & Inger (the chairman [...]

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Getting to spend two weeks with a very dear friend who enjoyed sitting in the saddle as much as I did was an exclusive treat, and I enjoyed every moment of it. During the thirteen days that Karin was in Zinder, we started or ended most of them in the Zinder bush. We have been [...]

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Last week, I took Karin on an fabric hunting excursion at the Zinder market. Although the market is open every day, starting from around 9-10 am, there’s always something extra about going there on “market day” when new goods have (or are meant to!) arrived. We started at the beginning of the Fabric Lane, …and [...]

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Last week, I went for the ride of my life when Karin and I decided to amble all the way to Mirriah and back – a 50 km journey all in all. Not knowing exactly the capacity of our horses, we decided to have a long lunch in Mirriah’s beautiful baobab forest together with Anette, [...]

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