Bamako Hotels - Reviews and Rates

oct 3 2009

salaam ale kou means peace be with you and opens many a door in mali;
what islamic brotherhood really means in terms of hospitality;
sandstorms;
how to go in a hole on a boat;
how to refrigerate chicken without a fridge;
sleep sheets rule: mosquito net straight on a mattress under the stars rules;
sleepi...

13th - Another puncture before the border town of Nara, Mali, out of spares now. We headed down the long road to Bamako for 4 night's stay and a chance to recover from our adventures on the road to Oualata. Took nearly twice as long to get there as we had 2 punctures!!!! on the RHS.....just our luck. Staying at Hotel Jolieba on the south side of...

Some people still not feeling well having come down with pootomouth (definitely the dodge chicken... possibly also the pool). Not nice when there are only 3 toilets for 50 odd people. Driving out of Bamako we once again stopped off at a random little town. I swear it must be like seeing a spaceship when our big yellow truck cruises into a town....

Fr: C'est peut-être psycologique, mais je suis prêt à jurer que la nourriture a un autre goût en la mangeant des mains. C'est un tel sentiment de liberté contraire au rituel très « bonnes manières » que peut suggérer l'usage des couverts. Pt : Para todos os que virem esta imagem e berrarem « bleerrrrkkk », não sejam hipocritas, nunca comeram chu...

Salut!! Well we are now almost native french speakers! That's african french at least! All the african's understand us easily, but tried speaking to a french woman the other day and she couldn't understand a word we were saying! Although she was up her own ****!! Managed to hold a 1/2 hour conversation with two sympathetic french guys last night...

After the airport taxi-driver gang the night before, it's comforting to wake up at the Hotel Tamana in a clean(ish) a/c room with excellent hot shower - doubt there will be many on the way. After breakfast I take a 6,000cfa guide for a 3hr Bamako trip. We tour the fetish market (dead animal parts, not rubber bondage, unfortunately), nod apprecia...

Aft** 3 days of hard travelling I arrived in Bamako the capital of Mali, on the banks of the riv** *****. (Population 1 million) Louis and Julie a couple of friends I had the pleasure of crossing the Morocco-Mauritania bord** with, had been filming a documentary on ecotourism and w**e based h**e. So aft** a couple nights sleeping at the excellen...