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Djenne
Travel Blogs from Djenne, Mali
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Djenne
... mud-brick building in the world. Unfortunately we aren't allowed to go inside, but the structure is quite impressive. Also in Djenne is the famous Monday market, which is a complete cacophony of chaos, smells, and sounds as locals come to sell and ...
GG et JP chez les Bozo et les Bambara
LES « AUTRES » MOSQUEES Après avoir parfois dénigré les mosquées (celles financées par les saoudiens, toutes neuves et construites à la chaîne) nous allons vous montrer d'autres mosquées, traditionnelles, de pur style ...
Djenné : premier passage
Après avoir découvert par hasard les nombreuses petites mosquées des villages environnant Djenné et qui ne figurent dans aucun des nombreux guides en notre possession, voici la merveille attendue. Le chef d'oeuvre de l'architecture soudanaise datant ...
A mud hotel in a mud town and bogolan buying
... overtook donkey or horse drawn trailers painted in bright colours, until we reached the ferry for the short river crossing to Djenne. The crossing was only a few minutes , but the sales pitch was was very high pressure with children poking us ...
Djenne
Cette ville est celebre pour sa mosquee contruite par les francais au debut des années 1900. Ce n etait pas la meilleur ville pour feter noel, mais tant pis. De toutefacon j avais des repetitions de la messe de noel dans le pays dogons. Une messe avec ...
MALI'S CASBAH
Take 8 hour bus ride to Djenne--Djenne is an interesting adobe-walled town surrounded by water - known for its famous mud-walled Gran Mosque. Town consists of a warren of alleys which it is easy to get lost ...
c'est au tour des gazelles de partir
et voilà le grand jour tant attendu par M et par moi (MC) est arrivé. Enfin pas tout à fait puisque c'est dans la nuit qui vient (de dimanche à lundi) que nous partons : convocation à Marignane à 1h et décollage prévu à 3h30. Oui du matin, vous ...
Djenne -Mud, Mud, and More Mud
... walks with a distinct limp but the surgery and his knowledge of English has allowed for a reasonable living showing visitors around Djenne- he graciously invited us into his home which was one of those perspective moments which at least temporarily, helps ...
Mudbrick mosques
Ahh Djenné... site of la grande mosquée, the largest mud-brick building in the world... sister city of the legendary Timbuktu... It was... well... alright. The mosque was impressive and all, with its big towers with planks sticking out so they can ...
Fairytale
After a week in Bamako, during which Pete arrived, we headed north to the island town of Djenne. Djenne is home to the world's largest mud-built building. In fact the whole town is built of mud. Such a fact or description would normally not be ...
Djenné, January 5, 2009 - Monday
... , but you did need information on travels like this. And fellow independent travellers, especially in less than organised places like Mali, are often an indispensable source. But the whole discussion soon watered down as a Portuguese couple entered the ...
Szigetvaros turistaknak...
... a turistakrol is kepet, mert eleg vicces... Ha csak belegondolok, mennyi csalad otthonaban talalhato meg ugyanaz a kep a djenne-i moszkrol :-) Szoval rovidke varosnezesunk utan visszamentunk osszepakolni, aztan indulasra keszen alltunk Bobo-ba, ami mar ...
Day 34 - Mali, Djenne - Mud Mosques
... away - possibly world's worst job?? It usually takes about 4 years for it to fill. Eeeeeewwwww! What brings Djenne to life is most definitely the beautiful people living within its walls, and the friendly kids playing in the street ...
djenne
djenne is listed as a world heritage sight== we had an OK stay here the streets were extremely muddy and there were semi open sewer lines so much of the city smelled like urine and you werent sure where you werte stepping: the people warmth again made it ...
Grand mosque (Djenne, Mali)
... achievement of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, albeit with definite Islamic influences. The mosque is located in the city of Djenné, Mali on the flood plain of the Bani River. The first mosque on the site was built around the 13th century, but ...
Mud glorious mud
... has its price so had we wished to go in, we could have paid our way, but we decided not to: Away from market day Djenne is a quiet and very attractive small town. The buildings are are all covered in mud and need to be regularly recovered. In fact if ...
Djenne, Mali, November 18 - 20, 2007
... place. The city, though, is most famous for its Great Mosque, allegedly the world's largest mud brick structure. Djenne's other big attraction is its colorful Monday market, which dictated the timing of our visit to the town and that of ...
Monday Market, Djenne, Mali
Other than the architectural curiosities of Djenne's massive Great Mosque and other mud brick buildings, Djenne's main appeal to travelers is its fantastic Monday market, an event which seems to attract every western tourist in the country to the town on ...
Djenne
Djenne is known for being one of the early hotbeds of Islam in West Africa. There's a big famous mosque and the town itself is supposed to be really pretty. I HAD to go because it was in a book that I read recently so I just had to see it for ...
Too tired and dirty to think of anything witty
... DRago itinery was changed before I came to omit Timbuktu as the FCO believe its not safe but 3 of us have taken advice from the Mali fixer, who has worked for DRago for 20 years, and he says loads of tourists still get in and out every day so tomorow ...
Djenne, die mittelalterliche Stadt
... führt) und das Städtchen versinkt wieder für sechs Tage in seinen mittelalterlichen Dornröschenschlaf. Wie ihr seht, hat uns Djenne sehr gut gefallen. Nicht so gut haben uns jedoch Hin- und Wegreise zugesagt. Diese gehörten zu den anstrengenderen ...
Djenne Mosque and plasticene
... stuff byt the streams outside the city, but now, due to the new convenience of aid-funded domestic pumps, we have Djenne's rather less touristy underbelly. IT was a definite feat of agility to dodge around noxious flowing fluids in those narrow streets ...
Its pronounced Jennay !
... required for one to be certified in order to work as a guide. Yousuf was a certified guide. We negotiated a tour of Djenne and the surrounding villages for a reasonable price. Djenne looked like an oversized clay model. Almost all structures were made of ...
mali mali
Le mali a bien changé en trois ans...on nous appelle Toubabs aussi ici maintenant...mais la gentilesse des maliens est toujours présente... ainsi que les enfants en haillons... qui portent maintenant des vieux t-shirts de la campagne ...
A lazy trip down the Niger
Our river trip down the Niger river began in Djenne where we met our less than appealing river boat and visited the city of Djenne. After countless villages and markets some of us were a little put out by another visit to a village so we spent the day in ...
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