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Title: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: on October 08, 2004, 10:25:00 am

I'm leaving tomorrow for a weekend in Ouagadougou.  I think this is my third time. I've done a lot of the usual suspects already.  I'm more than little disappointed to be missing a lot of good shows while I'm gone. I checked Pollstar for Ouagadougou this weekend, but the pickin's look slim. Very slim.
 
 But...Does anybody know of a good other source for checking on shows over there?
 
 Any show recommendations for next week that you know of?
 
 Anything else brilliant that I just need to do while I'm there?

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: ggw on October 08, 2004, 10:27:00 am

I hear the Hard Rock Cafe there is pretty tight.

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 08, 2004, 10:32:00 am

i heard that the fatboy is pretty entertaining there

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: Bombay Chutney on October 08, 2004, 10:36:00 am

Look for the girl with the blue hair.

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: stu47 on October 08, 2004, 10:41:00 am

drink lots of beer

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: grotty on October 08, 2004, 11:03:00 am

gotta have an Ouagadougou Broil

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: thirsty moore on October 08, 2004, 11:05:00 am

Check out the US Embassy (http://usembassy.state.gov/ouagadougou/).

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: eltee on October 08, 2004, 11:10:00 am

I've never been. I heard Ouagadougou is impoverished and the people are dopey. However, I hear excellent things of their afternoon theater:
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Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: Nietzsche on October 08, 2004, 11:28:00 am

Dude, anyone in the know calls it "Ouaga."

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: on October 08, 2004, 11:35:00 am

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Originally posted by Nietzsche:
  Dude, anyone in the know calls it "Ouaga."

Don't you mean "The Ouaga", or "The Big Ouagaski", bro?

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: frostytheswami on October 08, 2004, 04:21:00 pm

Looks like Great White stopped there on their last tour:
 
 

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Ouagadougou's Grande Marché is also worth a visit however it remains to be rebuilt after a fire ravaged it in 2003.

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on October 08, 2004, 04:32:00 pm

Be sure to try the poulet yassa with couscous!

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: on October 08, 2004, 11:31:00 pm

I just checked Mapquest.  There is no Hard Rock Cafe in Ouagadougou !
 
 But there are at least three Applebee's.

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: eltee on October 09, 2004, 02:22:00 pm

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Originally posted by marquee smith:
  I just checked Mapquest.  There is no Hard Rock Cafe in Ouagadougou !
 
 But there are at least three Applebee's.

What about Hooters. Always good to visit another Hooters.

Title: Re: so, any Ouagadougou Recommendations/tips?
Post by: Jaguär on October 09, 2004, 02:40:00 pm

If all else fails, you know that you can always stop in for a Coke at the local McDonalds.
 
 Yum. Nothing like good old American home cooking.   :roll: