How to spot a tourist.

So it's Christmas time and the tourists are flocking in in time for the "cool" season. And we are having a good time making fun of the extremely geeky ones. So here I present for you ( in case you ever come to Burkina Faso) Valentine's How to Spot a Tourist: (Usually in couples or in large groups)
1)Usually wearing shorts. (A fast givaway!)
2)Both men and women wearing basball hats.
3)Carrying huge hiking backpacks and black plastic bags.
4)Wearing sun glasses. (I know it makes sense, but you just shouldn't)
5)Almost always the women have their hair braided Burkina-style with fake hair added in. (They think they will blend in more if they adopt the local hair styles - but a white woman with cornrow braids is a dead givaway that you don't belong!)
6)Followed by a large crowd of venders asking over and over again if they want something that they have already rejected about one hundred times. ( As if maybe by the one hundred and first time, the tourist might suddenly have a change of heart and buy that ugly keyring!)
7)Also sometimes followed by some Rastamen asking if you want to be their "Friend".

So there it is: the 7 main ways to spot a tourist in West Africa and remember if you visit Africa and don't want to be mocked by the local inhabitants, be careful to always break the Tourist Dress Code!

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!