Country Info
- Bamako
- Capital
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 11,008,518
- Population
- ML
- Country Code
Bamako Slideshow
Bamako
Travel Blogs from Bamako, Mali
4e semaine
... de lyster mais on se reprend lannée prochaine! cest promis). Ensuite, Dimanche on a été invité a une fete malienne a lextérieur de Bamako!! Mais quel bien fouuuuu! my god! on a pu se promener sur le bord du fleuve, la où les roches sont dun noir ...
The Trip Back Home
... say that it is not my comfort to go through this process for my daily shopping but that is a reality here in Mali, even for the natives. Once reaching Bamako, Anko took us to a orphanage for boys that was run by a women from Austria. It was in a very ...
On the road
Endless bus-trips... Didn't know we were lucky to have no more than three hours delay and no breakdowns (till ...
Le marché cest atroce!!!
Salut a tous!!! Encore plein danecdote se sont produits ces derniers temps.. ouf!!! g entre autres scrapé ma new jupe, jai srapé mon moustiquaire (en faite il était scrape kan je lé sorti du sac lol mais maintenant cest réglé ne vous inquiétez ...
2e semaine!!
Bonjour a tous!!! déja 2 semaines de complétées et tout va tjs aussi bien. Pas de flu en vu!!!Yéééé! imaginez-vous donc que mon épilateur que jaime et que jadore ma laché la semaine passée car il a surchauffé en plein action!!(javais une ...
The day the longest
... sur la piste parralèle tant le goudron est pourri!!). Arrivé à 22h à Tamba, j'appris qu'il y avait des bus qui partaient à Bamako directement. Je me décidais à le prendre car il n'y a vraiment pas grand chose à voir d'ici là. Les petites villes ...
Bamako
After 3 days of hard travelling I arrived in Bamako the capital of Mali, on the banks of the river Niger. (Population 1 million) Louis and Julie a couple of friends I had the pleasure of crossing the Morocco-Mauritania border with, had been filming a ...
New Year in Bamako
... out where the live music was. We ended up at the "Place de l'independance", the equivalent of Trafalgar Square in Bamako, watching a live show retransmitted by Malian TV, where all the musicians were miming their songs, and without a drink in ...
Luxury 1st class travel
So we got to the ferry port and unbelievably the boat only set off 2 hours late. The cabin was ridiculously basic for the money and the ferry was so old I worried for its sea worthyness. Like alot of things in W.Africa I get the feeling that ...
Dogon and Mud Mosques
Eventually found our way in Mali, saw the dogon, the mud mosque and colourful market in Djenne, cruised down the Niger from Mopti and plenty ...
Obviously we slept in the conference room
After arriving a day late in Bamako (no form of transport should be described as days late!) we found a cheap hotel. Only problem was that it was full, no matter, the owner came up with the ingeneous plan of putting us in the conference room. ...
Time, Flies: The Road to Bamako...
... time we are in to heart of it, it will be dark. The entire journey takes two days to reach Bamako. By early morning we reach the Mali border. Trouble. They saw my American Passport and hold it, trying to extort money out of ...
Bamako, Mali, November 3 - 6, 2007
... me. Our trip leader Dave mentioned several times that Grandpere, our guide for the remainder of our trip through Mali, would be joining us is Bamako. On the afternoon of our arrival at the hotel in Bamako we met several young men around the ...
Lafiabougou Market, Mali, November 3, 2007
On the road towards Bamako we came across a huge market taking place on both sides of the road, one I later learned was named Lafiabougou. There was an amazing level of activity and cook groups were in need of a few last ingredients, so we talked ...
Last stop
Today is my last day in West Africa. Who knows when or if I'll ever be back. Bamako's I a pretty nice city, larger and more metropolitan than Niamey but without the craziness and congestion of Accra. There are some really nice ...
A HAPPY, HIPPOY HALLOWEEN!
Having finally torn ourselves away from turning traveller tyo tourist by staying in accomodation out of our price range and racking up hours beside the beach and pool we ended up in funny old Farafenni. As its name suggests, it is a lively little place ...
Back in Mali
After more than two years away, I am back in Bamako. Tata picked me up at the airport. Thankfully, the first week was a cool spell before the heat ...
4th and 10... and Surrounded by Mali's Middlemen
... 'developers' with our choicest curses, preferring to save a solitary tree than stoop to WalMart's central dogma. In Bamako I dreamed of Whataburgers and greasy chicken legs when confronted with the choice of very expensive restaurant food or street ...
Im back
This is just a quickie to say that i have been to Timbuktu and survived. We got to Bamako this afternoon and have caught up with the truck again. I know we are bushcamping tomorrow night but Im not sure after that so not sure when ill get internet but the ...
Get us out of this country!
... our things, eat our breakfast and then collected and sorted our trash. It was rather sad. Today we had an uneventful first day in Mali and bushed camped for the night. Although I think I'm really going to like this country because oh man, oh man, the ...
July 6--July 8: A Train Odyssey
... the windows for food, water and fans! By the 3pm in the afternoon, we had reached Kayes in Mali. The "official" timetable allowed 12 hours between Kayes and Bamako...so we gave up trying to guess how long it would really take, we just hoped it would ...
An epic journey
... then, after three unofficial revenue collection police roadblocks, two goat bbq stops (delicious!) and a couple of further prayer stops, Bamako was finally within sight! And it was worth it! Bamako is noisy, colourful and boldly disorganised. Markets are ...
Mali - First Impressions...
... It feels surreal. Am I really in Mali? Can this be the fourth poorest country in the world? Last night, we landed in Bamako's airport and were welcomed by a warm 34 degree breeze, a swarm of people and general scenes of airport chaos.... I was ...
Aga po
... pirogue) pour redescendre sur Mopti, les nuits au bord du fleuve à la belle étoile vont être sympas... Et enfin retour sur Bamako. Voilà le programme mais rien n'est figé. La preuve, le guide que j'avais réservé via internet (oui, pour ...
De Nioro du Sahel à Bamako
... déjeuner frugal, nous entamons la journée en caressant l'espoir de trouver de la place à la maison d’hôte de Bamako où nous pensons passer deux jours à prendre un peu de repos et faire un peu de tourisme, au bout d’une ...
MALI (Les Camiones Suavages)
After another 20 hour bus ride, I reached Bamako Mali. En route, the landscape was spreads of dry, flat land ... still the Sahel but very close to the Sahara. The bus ride was a bit challenging due to the un-air conditioned bus and untreated wounds. I did ...
Souvenir from Africa
... . Tall and Boubacar had farewelled me at the airport after ensuring I had taken a million Immodium. Therese kindly retrieved me from Bamako airport and took me home. I was still very unwell so we stopped in to see her friend Ciaka who is a doctor ...