Hotel Mirabeau Bamako

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1) The first clip is from the village of Djenne one of the most historic in Mali. Since my 4 yr s of French in HS has long been forgotten we got by with simple introductions. Brian already speaks as much French as me-ha

2) Mopti, Mali is the hometown of Amadou. We loved this village. Amadou and his broth**s invited the local musicians to play for us which we greatly appreciated! The flute was hypnotic and enticed locals to join us. Dancing on the streets was ...

... die. Quickly. The dust grinds everything down and it doesn't help that most cars are 30 years old (no kidding) and are put together from spare parts that have been discarded by the Europeans. I have not seen older, dirtier (yes, goats are often passengers), fly infested and more retro looking cars in my life. But guess what, not a single one of the taxis ever broke down. One can always take the pulse of a city by watching people drive - the patience and tolerance of ...

... Lodge are a Dutch lady and her Malian husband. We met Moussa and his four year old son at breakfast. We were educated about the political situation (stable and democratic) and the countries exports (Cotton, Gold, tourism...mangoes..mmmn). Tonight we meet Oussmane, the founder of Katene Kadji, the local manufacturer of efficient cook stoves in Mali. Our task, like in Ghana, is to understand his business, the macro environment, the barriers to ...

... ov** the 30km trek, howev** we rose early and rested in the heat of the day before walking to the next village to our rooftop mattresses. The highlight of the trek (and indeed the trip so far), was having a traditional mask dance p**formed. The dance is rarely p**formed for visitors unless th**e are groups ov** 20, and on special village c**emonies. The en**gy, colour, movement, rhythm and enthusiasm was breath-taking - its difficult to describe the pow** of a ...

Hey Everyone, Sully called this AM to say that he is having a great time. He and Cheick, his traveling companion, are staying with friends in the capitol. He said that he has been getting up late and going to bed late with lots of visiting and eating in between. He said he has videoed some storytelling but ...

... and working our way through back streets we pulled into a campground around 6 which backed onto the ***** Riv**. P**fect timing as the sun was just going down so we w**e treated to a beautiful sunset ov** the riv**. Campground was good - bar, restaurant and swimming pool!! It did lack in toilets and show**s, having only 3 of them, but with a pool who needs show**s?! Best of all we w**e able to change money so enjoyed a few ice cold be**s, whilst listening ...

Ce furent des délicieuses semaines passées dans cette ville aux tons verts brillants. Faute de temps je vais vous laisser avec quelques photos en plus qui, je le souhaite, pourrons faire un petit résumé des petits détails qui font pour moi les grandes différences. Juste pour la culture g : En bambara Mali signifie Hippopotame et Bamako le dos du Cayman. Peoples, caguei no parlapiê sobre Bamako ...

... sans charges, il dépense de sa propre poche pour le déplacement et pour m'offrir à boire et à grignoter. On a du emprunter la moto de un de ses clients et mettre un peu de carburant pour aller chercher un marchand informaticien qui avait le boitier dont nous avions besoin pour brancher le disque dur d'un ordi portable comme si d'une clé usb s'agissait. Après tant d'angoisse et d'incertitude (on a passé toute la journée en essayant d'autres moyens de récupérer le machin) tout ...

Fr : Quelqu'un a dit Mercedes ? Foutaises ! La voilà la bagnole du futur. C'est pas beau ça ? Des génies peuplent ce continent, venez le témoigner. Pt : Epa, é muito estilo. Este « carro » passou por mim umas 5 vezes antes de, por algum milagre, decidir parar exactamente onde nos estavamos. Nunca poderia deixar escapar esta.

... some of the comfort at the lower price of 35,000CFA. The result was not a complete disappointment.   The carriage looked familiar - it was from an old French train, complete with the original "2eme classe" label on the door! Still, in a cabin built to seat 8, we were only 5, and between us we didn't need to leave too much on the floor at our feet. So, at dot on 10am, we left Dakar, everything boding well for a scheduled arrival of 15:30 in Bamako the following ...