our beloved blue barges

each time i saw water ahead - i'd scan the horizon for the baby blue color of safety - relieved at the metal transport...

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3-hour tour: Part IV (finale!)

January 9th 2006
Emerging from the bush: We awoke in Niafunke with a plan for getting safely - forget soundly - back to Douentza (which now seemed like an imaginary haven - save the fact all of our stuff was there!). The night before, I had asked the bargeman to find us someone to follow all the way back to ‘civilization’ - or rather - just to the other side of all of these tributaries (to give you an idea ... 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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