Hotel Djenne Djenno
Doteme Tolo, Djenne Djenne, Mali
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Paradise of the devil
The next day our plans took us to Djenne. Not far off, we arrived in the early afternoon, after crossing the Ban river with a small ferry. The arabs namned the city Djenne, which is variation of adjenne, meaning paradise. They meant it ironically, since it was the home of animist or hethens in their view. So it was the paradise of the devil …
A mud hotel in a mud town and bogolan buying
With two crates of bottled water on the roof of our rusty taxi, we set off on the two and a half hour drive to Djenne, a World Heritage town sitting on an island in the Bani River, where all the buildings are made of mud. We followed the tarmac road, went through two police checks, and passed large herds of cattle and goats. There were few other …
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A crazy mosque
A short stop in Djenne on my way back to Bamako was mandatory in order to admire the world's largest mud building ever built, a giantic mosque that reminds us that Mali was, in the 12th century, the religious, intellectual and commercial heart of West Africa. The colourful and hectic market that takes place each Monday around the mosque (bringing all the farmers of the region together) is the cherry on the ...
Mud mosque
From Bamako we headed west and ended up in a pretty awesome place - Djenne. Its famous for its big mud mosque, the biggest in the world. Took a bit of building too as every time they put a wall up in sort of melted and came down. Too many evil spirits on the land. But they ...
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