SANDSTORMS!!
They ARE impressive.
Remember watching the movie Hidalgo? The scene where the man rides the horse, furiously gallopping to escape a huge sandstorm? Until I moved to Niger, I thought that sort of representation of a sandstorm was hugely exaggerated... except that we've had two sandstorms just this season (so far) that have looked remarkably like that scene from the movie....
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...Ok, we know, this is supposed to be a blog page, not a "blague" (If you don't get it, check out the meaning of "blague" in French), so here are a few pictures we really took, still in their unaltered form, as the sandstorm moved in yesterday. What was super cool was that the storm moved in from the north, so we were able to sit on our terrace where the house sheltered us from the worst of the sand, dust and wind - and experience it as the storm moved right over and around us. What was super incredible is that the men working on cementing the 2nd floor and roof of the house they are building in the concession next to us continued to work right through the storm. The first two pics were taken yesterday morning. The third was taken as a storm rolled in off the desert from the east over one of the Niamey markets. Amazing, aren't they?
(photo by Brian Trutwin)
PS Richelle cannot take much credit for this blog entry - she was only the executor. Tim was the creative inspiration.
(mildly edited post from the archives,
in honor of the fact that it is THAT season of the year
yet once again!)
Bonus Question:
Who's riding the horse in the first picture?
We just had one of those storms last night. It wasn't a Maduhu, but it was close enough! Will be posting pictures soon. Hugs from Zinder!
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