Huseini did some market shopping for me today. He came home with a mountain of vegetables. I commented that he’d got far more for the same price I usually pay. He said, “That’s because you are white.” He definitely comes in handy and luckily I like him. It’s unusual for a man his age to be single in this part of the world. I’m too shy to ask him why. Maybe he’d end up asking me the same question as I think I’m older than he is.
While doing the dishes, and staring into space through the window, I was jolted into action by the sight of a small Tuareg camel train ambling across the dried river bed. I dashed madly about, looking for my camera, and I managed to take a photo of the Tuareg dismounting and leading the camels to drink at the nearby water hole.
