"We had a really bumpy ride for two days going south from Timbuktu back to Sevare, Mali. Also in typical African fashion, we had to wait for 3 hours for a ferry, because some govern ..."
"Stay in Mac's Refuge--clean little hotel run by an American with Malian missionary connections. Interesting group of travellers---an English group with an elderly lady i ..."
"Once we got to Bandiagara, we checked into a little hotel and I settled down to wait until my stomach showed signs of improvement. It was nice to be back in relative civilization, ..."
"After a 7am farewell, with promises of dinner parties and photo swaps, I do a departure inventory and find I'm down to my last pair of socks. I also still have one awful 80s throwb ..."