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Overland from Morocco to Mali and maybe Senegal

Posted by starlagurl

... Bamako. Another option is to ship the car via a nearby seaport, for example Dakar in Senegal. There are no asphalted roads into Mali from Senegal so a 4x4 is strongly recommended. In the past the most-used road route was the asphalted road from the port of ...

Manila Zoo

Posted by michbelle

... Manila, and at the Manila Zoo the only thing I learnt about animals is that they can literally go crazy from confinement! Mali, a Sri Lankan elephant, has been trapped all alone in a small barren enclosure since 1974 in Manila Zoo, and she spends the ...

Morocco to Mali via Mauritania - Anyone want a travel buddy?

Posted by happywanderer25

... possible to do a bit of road tripping. Kat Hey, Anyone fancy hooking up to make the trip from Morocco to Bamako, Mali in October/November? Was thinking of going via Western Sahara and Mauritania, but am open to suggestions! I'm 29yr old ...

Dragoman Overland

Posted by traveler582

... would love to hear about it. I've been with Dragoman on approx. five trips and I love them! I've been to Mali West Africa on one trip; Ghana, Benin, Togo, Cameroon and Nigeria on another, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya was my first trip ...

Morocco to Mali via Mauritania - Anyone want a travel buddy?

Posted by phileasfarx

Hey, Anyone fancy hooking up to make the trip from Morocco to Bamako, Mali in October/November? Was thinking of going via Western Sahara and Mauritania, but am open to suggestions! I'm 29yr old Brit male who's travelling solo, but a desert ...

Books on people's travels

Posted by introducinlyric

... Dalton Highway fun fact: Kira Salak became the first person in the world to kayak alone 600 miles on the Niger River of Mali to Timbuktu, retracing the fatal journey of the great Scottish explorer Mungo Park. she wrote a book about the experience to " ...

What's your favorite landlocked country?

Posted by deroque49

... Republic Chad Czech Republic Ethiopia Hungary Kazakhstan Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lesotho Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macedonia Malawi Mali Moldova Mongolia Nepal Niger Paraguay Rwanda San Marino Serbia Slovakia Swaziland Switzerland Tajikistan Turkmenistan ...

One Country in Each Continent

Posted by yafnaf

... and eat loads of meat. Europe - Iceland. Its a country I havent been to, and i want to swim in the springs. Africa - Mali. I have a thing for west african music. Antarctica - Uh I wouldn't. Asia - India. Its terribly diverse, The sky is always a ...

One Country in Each Continent

Posted by raniroo

North America - Canada (lived there for 12 months and there is so much more to see!) South America - Equador Europe - anywhere in Eastern Europe Africa - Mali Antarctica - Below the Antarctic Circle Asia - Japan Australia - New Zealand

One Country in Each Continent

Posted by stereobread

... . I just like the idea of a historic continuity between the pre-Columbian indigenous civilizations and the modern culture. Africa: Mali. The culture just seems so fascinating, and the music is absolutely killer. Europe: Ukraine. I love eastern Europe ...

The Bucket List

Posted by yafnaf

... the list as I havent been there yet: 1) The Ganges, India (All of India for that matter) 2) Festival au desert, outside Timbuktu, Mali 3) Oman 4) Tian Tan Buddha Hong Kong 5) Mt. Bromo, Indonesia 6) Gibraltar 7) Table Mountain Cape Town, South Africa 8) ...

Burning Desire Travel List

Posted by yafnaf

... trip I tend to get excited about one place a lot for a few weeks then something shifts and I get excited about other places Im going, and then wish i was going other places too. But at the moment my list goes like this: India Indonesia Oman Qatar Mali

Overland from Morocco to Mali and maybe Senegal

Posted by jesselise

Hey everyone, We are two girls wanting to get into Mali and Senegal. I've seen a few people say that they did it and we're wondering if anyone can reccomend a good way or a tour group that they liked. We don't have a time constraint but we do ...

Getting from Morocco to Egypt cheap

Posted by gyl.johnson

... , its been known to be rather dangerous to cross. I suppose you could do it if you completely bypassed Algeria by going through Mauritane, Mali, Niger and then on to Libya and finishing in Egypt. But that would take you well out of your way. The only ...

World's most hard-to-get-to places

Posted by starlagurl

... an excerpt from the "The more expensive, dangerous and difficult-to-reach spots tour operators can take you include Essakane, Mali, which costs upward of $3,000; Spitsbergen in the Arctic Ocean, which runs $14,000; Russia's Sakhalin ...

dakar to marrakesh?

Posted by bombus

... it impossible to find any information about transport by boat on the internet. also any links for trains and buses that go to marrakesh, mali, burkina faso, and the gambia would be a great help to. I dont know much about senegal or africa in general, my ...

West Africa Overland

Posted by arnaudfoubert

... I am looking for both sponsoring companies and travel mates. If you are interested in such a great trip, through Sénégal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and possibly Togo and Benin (and why not Guinea Conakry and Guinea Bissau), please contact me using info ...

Give us your feedback on our new TravelHood!

Posted by diannemurray

I think it's a wonderful idea, and will give it a try when we start our two-month trip to Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana next week. We've found that once you get off the "tourist route" you can go for days without meeting another traveller ...

RTW Travelling

Posted by kevandsian

... list some of my favourite places and the reasons why. In West Africa we loved Senegal for the vibrant culture and music, Mali for the history and incredible remote places such as Dogon country and Ghana which changed so much depending on where we were, ...

Status of backpacker trail in Africa

Posted by kevandsian

... easy enough and so is Senegal to a degree although coastal Senegal and it's main cities are by far the easiest. Mali is do-able but it is harder to find public transport than in other surrounding countries. Mauritania is almost impossible without your ...

Timbuktoo Terror Threat

Posted by raniroo

Same for Australians....level 5

Timbuktoo Terror Threat

Posted by manzara

The threat of al-Qa'eda-linked terror attacks is now too great for British tourists to visit Timbuktu, the Foreign Office has warned.

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