Random Mali pics
2011-11 - Random Mali, a set on Flickr. These are the Mali impressions that just happen along the way: the baobabs and cotton fields, the rivers and villages, the sunsets and all those things inbetween.
Timbuktu pics
2011-11-24 and 25 - Timbuktu, Mali, a set on Flickr. It is impossible not to be captured by the tranquil beauty of this mystical town. I firmly believe that a part of Timbuktu is somewhere inside all of us who travel.
Timbuktu
November 26, 2011. I would like to share the beauty and the magic that Timbuktu has about it. But today is not the day for that. We are all well, were flown out this morning, will spend the night in
Cruising on the Niger from Mopti to Timbuktu (pics)
2012-11-22 to 24 - Cruising on the Niger from Mopti to Timbuktu, Mali, a set on Flickr. We slept on the riverbank, stopped in villages and bought fish freshly off fishermen's boats. The journey from Mopti to Timbuktu was as tranquil
Djenne pics
2011-11-21 - Djenne, Mali, a set on Flickr. Djenne has one of the oldest and largest mud mosques in the world. We went there for the Monday market which fills the narrow streets and the large square outside the mosque with
Ferry crossing to Djenne pics
2011-11-21 - Ferry crossing to Djenne, Mali, a set on Flickr. To get into Djenne we had to take a ferry across the Niger. It's a rather small ferry and we waited a few hours before it was our turn. So
More Bamako pics
2011-11-13 to 19 - Bamako, Mali, a set on Flickr. I didn't take many pictures of Bamako as most of the time was spent at the Sleeping Camel.
Bye-bye, Bamako!
November 19, 2011. It's been an exciting week that past way too fast. In a couple of minutes we'll hop back on the truck and head for Djenne, where we'll hopefully be able to see the Monday market. After that
Sleeping Camel spit roast pics
2011-11-16/17 - Spit roast at the Sleeping Camel in Bamako, Mali, a set on Flickr. Due to diverse visa applications our Bamako stay is longer than most other stops. So we took the opportunity to get a pig and spit roast
I’m going to Timbuktu! (I think)
November 12, 2011. Yesterday we left the desert behind us and arrived in Bamako (at the hostel 'The Sleeping Camel' round the corner from the German embassy). We'll get visas for the next 4 countries and after that - Insha'Allah