Banks of the Niger, Mali

Travel Blogs from Banks of the Niger (2)

Day 12: Diré Straits or Siege of the Hippos, Banks of the Niger, Mali travel blog
Day 12: Diré Straits or Siege of the Hippos
Jan 22, 2007

... usual, sleep is instantaneous but at around 4am the need to offload the obligatory 'on the Niger' beer hits me. Unfortunately the distantly glimpsed hippo of the day becomes the potentially lethal grazer of the night and outside our flimsy tents bellows, ...

A travel blog entry by tim_buktu2
Day 13: Beer on the Niger, Banks of the Niger, Mali travel blog
Day 13: Beer on the Niger
Jan 23, 2007

... the accompanying spaghetti.  Buoyed by beer and bones, we anchor on the shore at 6pm and strike out towards the sounds of reggae, imagining wine, women and song aplenty. No such luck I'm afraid, simply a clutch of bemused fishers. I do, however ...

A travel blog entry by tim_buktu2