Bankass, Mali Travel Blogs

Across the border
Dec 20, 2004

... , as I needed some decent food by this point, and then rather unwisely set off at about 1 pm for my intended destination of Bankass. Unwisely because it was the hottest time of the day, (the average daily high around this time was about 38 degrees) but ...

Day 4: Off to the Dogon
Jan 14, 2007 (5 photos)

... cross my mind I might freeze to death in the Sahara! However, I make it through to 6am and only 25mins late (bang on, Mali time) Boubakar (Bouba for short) shows up and we head off to Dogon country.   Talk about beaming down to a different planet! ...

Utolso este Dogon countryban... vagy megsem?
Dec 30, 2004 (9 photos)

Igaz, hogy elozo nap korbejartuk nagyjabol Endet, de azert reggel tettunk meg egy kort. Sok ujat nem lattunk, inkabb csak sok uj emberrel talalkoztunk, es minthogy Aly Endebol szarmazik, persze neki az emberek nagytobbsege, majdnem csaladtag volt, es itt ...

Warren's Night of Continuous Dread
Nov 16, 2007 (7 photos)

Dream Rating:          ; ;  C-   Background  We spent the morning driving the rather short physical distance from Savare to Dourou, the village where we began our trek through Dogon Country, ...

Warren Tries to Save Ben Then Fights With Ed
Nov 17, 2007 (15 photos)

Dream Rating:          ; ;  B+   Background  We spent the full day in Dogon country doing morning and afternoon treks from village to village along the base of the Bandiagara Escarpment and ...

Pays Dogon
Aug 5, 2008 (62 photos)

Kani-Kombolé-Teli-Ende Thanx Michel&Issa! Misterious cosmos, fascinating people,beautiful architecture and too much sun.

Warren Contacts a Childhood Friend About Homework
Nov 21, 2007 (10 photos)

... drive through quintessentially African scenery of dry scrubby savannah with baobab trees populated by pastoralist tribes.  We were processed out of Mali and arrived at the Burkina Faso border post on the other side of a wide no-man's land just as it ...

Dogon Trek to Tireli, Mali, Nov 15 - 16, 2007
Nov 16, 2007 (80 photos)

... of the top destinations in Mali and all of West Africa.  The region consists of roughly 700 villages in east central Mali, most of which can be reached only on foot, which are situated both above and below the Bandiagara Escarpment's cliffs.  ...

Dogon Mask Dance, Tireli, Mali, November 16, 2007
Nov 17, 2007 (83 photos)

The Dogon people are a favorite subject among anthropologists for their Animist religious beliefs which have survived despite being surrounded by other tribes that converted to Islam and for their elaborate rituals and ceremonies, most notable of which is ...

Nie mehr zurück nach Mali!
Dec 20, 1997

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Shopping and Tr**king
Jan 25, 2007

Second and last night in Dogon country and not too much to report as it's been a fiarly easy one. Night was fine and actually rather warm - had to keep kicking back my sleeping bag. However, gusts of wind and various animals (of both the 2 legged and ...

Tibra Streaks & Squeaks Her Way Across Dogon Count
Nov 5, 2009 (27 photos)

... ;‘s old-age knee. only to find out that our first day trek was a grand total of 3 kilometers along a flat road. Trekking in Mali must be like beauty- it’s all in thee eye of the beholder?? Our guide for Dogon Country has only one gear and that ...