Ségou, Mali

... bus to Burkina Faso (the alternative to this backtracking being, again, waiting at a junction. Still not the best plan, I think, so to Segou we go! Uneventful journey there - makes a change! - and not much to report from the town itself either... except I ...

... , L'Esplanade, enjoying pizza and apple soda for a last dinner together. The next day brought another relaxing day for us in Segou while we hugged Milagros goodbye as she traveled to Bamako for a meeting. Another three days on the road (but not nearly as ...

... happy the whole time getting to share our city with the other PCVs.   Fast forward to this past week, I spent in Segou ville about 5-6 hours from Sikasso for the annual music festival, Le Festival Sur le Niger. First I spent a couple of days with ...

Ségou, ancienne capitale de l'Empire Bambara, a été une importante ville de garnison au temps de la Colonie. On y trouve de très beaux bâtiments de cette époque, bien restaurés et dont les habitants sont fiers. Grandes avenues bordées de caïlcédrats, ...