Bamako
Travel Blogs from Bamako, Mali
Rose tints and road flints
... reef. Both, however, attest that the result is one of excruciating pain and immobility, not helpful in my current trade. Bamako, the capital of Mali, wakes to a low filtered sun, similar to the one that sets over Djenne. The western side of the city is ...
Whilst in st louis we had been invited to ...
... was prescribed and then she started feeling really bad with fevers, then headaches and constant tiredness. We moved on to the capital of Mali, Bamako (which means river of Crocodiles) on the 29th to a small camp site in the middle of the city, populated ...
Bamako at last
Bamako, 11/06 Miles Travelled: 16940 We have finally arrived in Bamako, the capital of Mali, after 4 nights of bush camping and lots of dusty driving. Once the center of extensive trade and wealth in the 13th-15th centuries, Mali is now one of ...
5ème épisode pour Maxence
Enfin, nous avons Internet après plusieurs jours dans la brousse avec les bêtes sauvages (même pas vrai, on a vu que des singes!!!! Suite de l'histoire: Poue être encore plus fort Babacar est allé voir un ancêtre qui se trouve à Bambaguidé dans ...
I'm a freshman all over again
... I can do though. Well, that's all for now. I should probably change the name of my blog now since I'm no longer Kimberlyinchad. PCV, Kimberly Seibel Corps de la Paix B.P. 85 Bamako, Mali WEST AFRICA PCV, Kimberly Seibel B.P. 119 Gao, Mali WEST ...
Coming Home
... and journey Mali was still the way I first saw it. A heady mix of equal parts diesel fumes and joy, that is Bamako-both intoxicating and addicting. I spent time struggling to comprehend a ...
Terveiset Timbuktusta
Tai ei tässä ihan Timbuktussa saakka olla, mutta Malissa kuitenkin. Timbuktuun ei ole menemistä, ellei halua tekemisiin kapinallisten kanssa. Jospa sitä kuitenkin saisi kierreltyä pääkaupunki Bamakossa, kunhan aikataulut antavat myöten ...
Getting the left hand
... I started crying and couldnt stop for a while. I think it surprised people in my family because crying is not something very common in Mali. My host mother started crying and then it all let loose. I did not think that I was going to react that way, ...
So this is Mali
... . The locals were friendly and cheery as we were exchanging stories. Before long it was time to make the long drive to the Mali capital of Bamako. We were advised that it would be about 9pm when we would arrive. The advantage of the long drive would be a ...
Waiting for my parents
... 4 months, I finally have the chance to sit down and write. As I sit here, I'm nervous about their arrival: Will they like Mali? Will they blame inconveniences on me, the person who begged them to come? Will they get sick, hit by a moto, ...
in the big city
well i am in the capital city along with some fellow PCT It is the first time we have been able to have time on our own and to tell you the truth it is pretty exciting to be here and explore even parts of the city. I must also confess that I ate my first ...
Mali's Story
... tonic that had provided such relief in the exhausting desert were not fully depleted). We traveled into the night to arrive at Bamako (capital of Mali), to the promise of more cold beer, showers and even a swimming pool. The days we spent getting ...
C`est bon!
En liten hilsen fra Bamako i Mali! Vi kom hit kl.halv 3 i natt etter aa ha vaert i bussen stort sett siden kl.7 om morgenen… Det tok litt tid aa krysse grensen fra Senegal, og saa fikk vi litt problemer med bussen, men naa er vi endelig her! I natt ...
A Little Help:...Maybe not
A Little Help Here.... Maybe? So what did I do yesterday. It started off pretty early and will slightly traumatic. I was riding my bike down the main gidron by my house just like I do everyday- it is a pretty busy street especially ...
Bamako
... que se mistura com o vermelho barro por todo o lado. O verde da um tal ar de vida a cidade que acho que sem ele Bamako passaria a parecer-se mais com um buraco do que com uma capital de pais. Não posso ainda dar o veredicto pois apesar das 3 pausas que ...
Des chutes de Gouina à Bamako
... , gorges, oueds, marigots et de très belles savanes arborées. Mais à l'état naturel, donc limite infranchissable parfois. A Bamako on apprendra que personne n'emprunte plus cette piste abandonnée. A Bafoulabé (1er Cercle créé en 1865 par la ...
Manicure/ Pedicure (Fr+Pt)
Fr : Voilà mon état au bout de 17 jours sur la route. Plusieurs lavages superficiels et une seule VRAIE douche. Je dois faire quelque chose vite, mais pas aujourd'hui, j'ai été envahi par l'esprit du « laisse tomber », dû à ...
Epa assim não da (Fr+Pt)
... um coxe e vou me lançar na escrita dos proximos posts, mais de actualidade. Cultura geral : Lingua maioritaria no Mali é o Bambara e nessa lingua Mali significa Hipopotamo e Bamako costas de caimão. Ta-se ? Tamos juntos. ...
Bamako!
... a little while before I go off and do some more exploring! Well I think that's all for now, I'm not sure where I'm going after Bamako (I'm still undecided on whether or not I want to do a mini-trek in the Dogon country in the South...) but I think ...
A melhor amiga do homem : a mosca (Fr+Pt)
(Nouakchott,Mauritânia) Fr: Ce n'est pas par hasard que nos enfants meurent de rien . Les mouches sont tellement omniprésentes que l'on n'a plus la force d'esquisser un geste de dégagement, c'est du « laisse tomber », du « tant ...
O plano inicial (Fr+Pt)
Voici la façon dont j'ai seccionné en plusieurs morceaux mon trajet tel que je l'avait initiallement conçu... les choses changent, mais sur ça on en reviendra plus tard. Aqui esta a maneira que eu idealizei a minha viagem no principio, mas as ...
Paris - Dakar num topo de gama (Fr+Pt)
Fr : Quelqu'un a dit Mercedes ? Foutaises ! La voilà la bagnole du futur. C'est pas beau ça ? Des génies peuplent ce continent, venez le témoigner. Pt : Epa, é muito estilo. Este « carro » passou por mim ...
ONE OF THE 5 POOREST COUNTRIES
... quite difficult. No use trying to keep clean in West Africa, you immediately get dirty the next day. The Dakar-Bamako train took 52 hours to complete the supposed 35 hour journey. Saw some entrants in the Paris-or Lisbon-Dakar road race ...
Sweet Bamako (Fr + Pt)
... me. As dikas que dei ai para os francius depois complemento nos textos mais compridos que tenho postado. E a minha segunda semana em Bamako, estou prestes a partir, so falta o Baby voltar do Burkina para me despedir dele. Hei de por pelo menos mais dois ...
A maior riqueza: o homem (Fr + Pt)
... que percorremos. Scherif La cerise sur le gâteau, le dernier élément qui a très fortement marqué mes derniers jours à Bamako, tout mon voyage jusqu'à présent et ma vie si l'on parle de façon plus large. Lui c'est un de ...
Back in Bamako
Hey folks! Sully is back in Bamako after being on tour with a musical troupe for a couple of days. He said it was incredible. The tour bus was so old you could see the road through the cracks in the rusted floor! Today he is visiting ...
Manicure/Pedicure pt.II (Fr+Pt)
Fr: ça y est, assez la cochonnerie, je me suis assaini, bien comme il fallait. Pt : Ja esta, sabe tão bem um pouco de higiéne de vez em ...


