You need a good off-road vehicle and a seasoned driver to reach Bankoualé from the N11. Once these conditions are met, the journey goes very well. The rocky track follows the relief. The landscape is really beautiful, quite green and curiously lit by acacias with bark as yellow as sulphur. We cross two small groups of traditional dwellings: Am'isso and Ardo. The first one is built on the side of the mountain. The second, known for its basketry craft, is located in a gorge and houses the school attended by children from surrounding villages. We see them, in the morning and in the evening, walking the way, very happy to be able to get into a pick-up truck when it comes to pass. We follow the dry course of a wadi where a discreet but clever irrigation system has allowed the creation of small terraced village gardens, real oases where bananas, papayas, peppers, vegetables grow... The village of Bankoualé is not bigger than its two neighbours. Electricity does not reach there. No telephone network either, or very little. The villagers call out to each other from hut to hut, helped by the echo. The calls to prayer from the small mosque punctuate the days. The evening lights bring an ochre touch to this mineral decor punctuated with green. The atmosphere is singular and everything here calls for refocusing on the essential. You fall asleep and wake up to the sounds of the village in the distance and the animals that inhabit the surroundings. An exceptional site and an atmosphere that does not leave you indifferent.

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Hébergement traditionnel à Bankoualé. Sophie ROCHERIEUX
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