O is for...

So some letters are easy because there is a real stand out city. Others are tough because there are several world class cities that you have to choose between (let's call it the RioRome dilemma). Other letters are tough because there's no standout city. O is one such letter. A case where the city doesn't so much win as not lose. 

I mean, Oslo: really pretty, but so eye-wateringly expensive that if I gave it the letter I would be sick in my mouth. Ottawa: really good museums and some half decent sights, but somehow manages to be entirely soulless. 

Which pretty much leaves Ouagadougou. Now, I really liked Burkina Faso, although that had next to nothing to do with the capital; Bobo, the second city, is far more charming. But when I got to Waga I was still on a Burkinabe high. Crocodiles, hyenas and a whole heap of takeaway yoghurt did just enough to keep me smiling, and get Africa its first city on the board. 

O is for Ouagadougou