Sevare, Mali Travel Blogs

Day 43 45 - Mali, Djiguibombo - Dogon Trek
Dec 21, 2008

Three day trek of the Dogon country begins.  Up early and met by Ali Baba and his "large" van - once again he seems not to have noted that we're not the size of 5 year olds.  Thankfully its only an hour drive so after saying goodbye to Oliver ...

Back from Timbuktu
Nov 20, 2005 (2 photos)

We had a really bumpy ride for two days going south from Timbuktu back to Sevare, Mali. Also in typical African fashion, we had to wait for 3 hours for a ferry, because some government official was passing through and requisitioned the next ferry for ...

Day 40 - Mali, Sevare - Are We There Yet?
Dec 18, 2008

... to come quickly. We finally reached Tarmac and Dejeroux, where we stopped for lunch briefly before completing our Timbuktu odyssey back in Sevare.  For 4 adventurers (Sam, Suzy, Muz and Luke), their travels were just beginning....  

the education of an idealist
Oct 2, 2009 (3 photos)

we have distributed pencils to lots of villages in Mali especially in the small most remote villages .  erins first question is to meet the chief and see if there is a school; and then distribute the pencils through him   :   ...

AMERICAN-RUN REFUGE
Jan 25, 2007

Stay in Mac's Refuge--clean little hotel run by an American with Malian missionary connections.  Interesting group of travellers---an English group with an elderly lady in her 80's, Penelope; and a couple of sisters from Richmond Virginia.  ...

Encore Sevare
Dec 23, 2008

Sevare est un noeud de communication donc on y passe toujours. Sevare n etait qu une etape pour prendre un bus vers Bamako. Pas de chance quand on ne part entre 6H et 8H du matin, 10H ou bien 15H on prends les compagnies de bus qui sont pourries et donc ...

Day 35 - Mali, Sevare - Wifi & Swimming Pools
Jan 13, 2009

... they reluctantly paid the added on 4,000 (US$8) and walked out . Our campsite is just outside Mopti, a place called Sevare, hotel Via Via, which was full of lizards running around the floor and walls... some being multicoloured which we later found to ...

Happy New Year - Refuge at last
Jan 1, 2005

... seen to be believed, and it blows for days. Anyway, after two days in Bandiagara I was pretty keen to move on, and get to Sevare, as I heard there was a really nice place to stay called Mac's Refuge. I was pretty eager to be there for New Year's eve, ...

Day 15: Sevare so Good
Jan 25, 2007

... and my work in Mopti is done. I cram myself both horizontally and vertically into a taxi brouche and trundle off to Sevare, greatly simplifying (I hope) tomorrow's bus trip back to Bamako.   I book into Via Via (a Thorntree recommendation) and just ...

Day 35 37 - Mali, Sevare - Wifi & Swimming Pools
Dec 13, 2008

... xylophone type instruments creating an unusual, if not distracting noise till all hours.  Day 37 - 15 Dec 08 - Mali, Sevare - Timbuktu Ferry With the xylophone noise continuing till 1am, the other truck partying till 4am, the call to ...

Sevare
Dec 17, 2008

C est la ville au Mali ou tout le monde passe. Elle na aucun charme mais se trouve au milieu du pays et est donc devenu un hub de transport. Le seul bon point c est un hotel sympathique et pas trop cher pour le Mali le repos Dogon.

Warren Begs For Food. His Fish Is Taken By Lizards
Nov 8, 2007 (10 photos)

Dream Rating:          ; ;  A-   Background  We spent most of the day in the truck driving from Segou to Savare, a crossroads town near Mopti where our hotel/campement was located.  We ...

Early Risers Wake the Dead - All Are Slaughtered
Nov 15, 2007 (20 photos)

Dream Rating:          ; ;  A-   Background We spent the morning driving from our bush camp to Savare, the crossroads town near Mopti where we stayed six nights earlier.  Most of us again ...

Niger River Cruise Part I, Mali, November 9,2007
Nov 10, 2007 (88 photos)

... not far from the Atlantic in the Guinean highlands in a broad arc towards the northeast, southeast, and then southwards through Mali, Niger, and Nigeria.  To travel by river the 200 or so miles from Mopti to Timbuktu is considered one of Africa's ...

Road Back From Timbuktu, Mali, Nov 13 - 14, 2007
Nov 14, 2007 (50 photos)

Since we arrived in Timbuktu by boat and left by road (mostly), I think it's appropriate to call it the road from Timbuktu rather than the road to Timbuktu.  Either way, though, I can now say I've been to Timbuktu and back.  We returned to the ...

Ed Moons Villagers And Causes Us Great Grief
Nov 10, 2007 (27 photos)

Dream Rating:          ; ; ; ;  A+   Background We had spent most of the day cruising the Niger River on a pinasse, the first day of a three day river trip from Mopti to Timbuktu.  We spent ...

Back in the village
Feb 22, 2006

After more than two years back in our village.

Still somewhere on the Niger...
Jan 18, 2007

... out with identical looks of "let's get the hell out of here" on our faces. I haven't written much about this but Mali is one of teh poorest countries in the world which explains much of our reception. I always feel rather guilty in these circumstances ...

Slow Boating All The Way To Timbuktu
Nov 9, 2009 (54 photos)

... The adults were just as friendly and, although our trip is far from complete, you really get a sense of warm hospitality in Mali which is something of a pleasant surprise given the accounts I had read from other travellers. Day 3 was a little more of the ...

...where the living is easy part 2
Jan 26, 2007

Yes, I'm still in Severe. Can't seem to leave the place - I think it's the wonderful food at Mac's. Original plan was to grab the night bus last night when we got back from the Dogon but just as I was packing up to go, found out that Toumani Diabete ...

...where the living is easy
Jan 20, 2007

... suppose I am at a point in my life where I can do anything. If I wanted to, I could jack it all in and settle in Mali and find some work here to do. Or even just decide to ignore my return ticket and head, metaphorically, to the hills. Its not impossible. ...

COS Trip
Dec 20, 2005

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