holiday traffic

and you thought I-95 traffic gets heavy...spotted the day before tabaski, this bus, with goats strapped atop, barrels down dusty roads at 80 kilometers per hour, transporting people and the main 'guests' of tabaski dinner...

lions and tigers and bears oh my

December 28th 2005
While most charismatic mega-vertebrates have been hunted or chased or driven to extinction out of Mali, there is some wildlife left to enjoy, some legends of giant snakes still slithering about, the occasional creature to marvel at (termites, I’m thinking of), and ‘work’ domesticated animals to often pity, really. Luckily, most animals I saw were outside our sleeping or eating quarters…mo ... read more

Africa » Mali

The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in... ... read more

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