http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Mali , District of Bamako en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 12:25:03 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:25:03 +0000 Blog About Malaria Month 2012Over half of a million people died from malaria last year. This is more people than in the average American city. Imagine the entire city of Atlanta being wiped off the map. The year before we lost Denver. The year before that all of Boston all gone in one fell swoop.The majority of these deaths took place in Africa. In fact there are six countries that account for http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-710214.html I really want to video everything when I walk around to help explain to people what life is like here but I don39t really feel comfortable doing that. I was able to more or less steathily record this street scene from my apartment window. It39s a pretty boring video of the street below and actually one of the quieter and calmer moments. If you have anything that you want me to get on ca http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-686974.html Every morning I walk a little over a mile 2 km to work. Between dodging traffic stopping to greet people and picking up some breakfast along the way this can take me almost 30 minutes. This combined with the walk home in the afternoon is by far the most stressful part of my day. It can at times be the most fulfilling but this morning was not one of those experiences.Today as I was walking it http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-683379.html Thanksgiving is my friend Raven39s favorite holiday. Aside from the insane amount of food involved I never really understood why. This year however I realized that Thanksgiving is an important time and not just because of the desserts.Thanksgiving is where this all started. It is where everything changed. In 2007 my entire family got together outside of Elkhart Indiana in a place called So http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-667488.html After two years I39ve come back to West Africa. The first two weeks in Senegal were surreal. I just dived back into life African Peace Corps lifestyle as if I had never left. My French luckily reappeared. But within 24 hours there were people testing my Pular as well. This proved to be a bit more challenging to recall. But I was never fabulous at Pular so it was really as if nothing had http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-659437.html Wyjezdzamy z Bamako rozklekotanym ledwo zyjacym autobusem w strone Segou.Wbrew pozorom to nie pojscie na latwizne ale wielkie wyzwanie. W porze odjazdu autobusu jego naprawa trwala w najlepsze kiedy wreszcie ustalono tankowanie i odjazd myslelismy ze szturm ludzi jednak zniweczy mozliwosc odjazdu i zniszczy pojazd. Na kazdym improwizowanym postoju ludzie proponujacy towary wszelakie od maniok http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/blog-647577.html I sat there amongst the rubble that was the Mopti 4WD station. It was dry season and the weather was scorching. At 830am it was already in the 40s and there was no sign of departure. I waited a few hours constantly with the thoughts that how much longer do I have to put up with this annoying guide standing by my side and the prospect of leaving at the hottest point of the day. As the time tick http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/blog-613811.html FACES OF MALI...BAMAKO TO SEGOU The Malian people are handsome...the men are peacocks...and the women are too busy working...The peoples of the Bambara Dogon Bozo Bobo Felani Songhai Tuareg... handsome all.Welcome to the first instalment of Faces of Mali.I will show photos of the stunning scenery scenes events in my 39Images of Mali39 blogs.Enjoy and regardsDancing Dave who dan http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/blog-581904.html We crossed into Mali at the Senegal border town of Kadira and first up had another three nights of bushcamps. The Boabab trees seem to be everywhere now theyre such awesome looking trees We stopped near a whole group of towering Boababs for lunch just after crossing through the border. However a policeman from the border who had asked and been refused bribes from us drove up on his m http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-561524.html Firstly Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. We have not been in Mali for about 11 days hard to keep up with the days and date....but we have power this am and hopefully internet later today so I will start at the beginning.We arrived in Bamako capital of Mali on 22nd December minus our luggage. The flights from Bangkok to Addis and then to Bamako made it a very long day about 16 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-557139.html ok i'm going to land in Bamako with my dogwhat do you guys know about peoples and dogsIs the cost of living pretty expensiveany tips http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/blog-547775.html I Have Moved 4 Years On And a Totally New ChallengeSo much has happened since I started this blog and looking back over four years I am a little sad that I didn't keep up with my blog writing. Since those last entries from 2006 I got married continued to travel the World moved through a couple of different jobs saw the wonderful boom times of Dubai and then the dreadful 'crash'.I hope http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-505328.html I have found out that the currency is c.f.a. franc. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-496700.html The following are exerts of emails that I sent out during my time in Mali.October 9 2009Ok so here's the deal. Yesterday I left Guinea. We can't say we were evacuated but that's what happened. I'm currently just outside of Bamako. I'll be here for 24 weeks. It doesn't look like we'll be allowed to go back to Guinea. But there's no final word yet. You may be seeing me really soon. I don' http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-470276.html Hallo Toch maar een blog haha op het toetsenbord zit geen punt dus bij deze is dat Ik ben via Casablanca naar Bamako gevlogen Ik heb vanaf het vliegveld een trein genomen naar een buitenwijk van Casablanca het centrum was de bedoeling Ik vond de stad heel bijzonder hitte en uitgeputte mensen die nog de laatste etenswaren kopen bij stalletjes langs de weg voor het breken van het vasten h http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-433866.html Hello from BamakoWow was it ever pleasent and hellish to get here.No good direct transport through Guinea so I had to hop bush taxis.First one was really easy Conakry to Mamou.Only real stories from this are the asshole cops who want bribes threaten me with arrest for holding someone elses passport they said i didnt look like my picture and there were lots of police check points too.The same d http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-422387.html Well Yousouf is quite the quite the partier His lawyer friend Arnaud took me to a bar where Yousouf met us after picking up Anil and the Nigerian kid Raymond wed met the night before. We proceeded to pound em back on Yousoufs tab including supper. It was the most Ive drank since Canada I was somewhat loaded man my tolerance is low Anil also hooked Anil up with someone in Dje http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-413516.html The bus trip finally ended after some more great hospitality the guy next to me shared his dinner with me and let me use his cell. The Malian boarder guards want plenty of bribes. We had to pass a hat around the bus to collect for them. It was too late when I arrived to get a hold of Baidous uncle Yousouf whos supposed to look after me so I spent last night in a hotel. I slept until 1230 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-413514.html Kurzes Update noch immer mali noch immer bamako. mehrere erfolglose versuche mit meiner visakarte an geld zu kommen die einzige bank wo das moeglich ist hat freitag mittag zugemacht. heisst also zwei weitere tage bamako. und dann montag mittag so schnell wie moeglich was hier in mali wohl so ziemlich alles heissen kann weiter in richtung conakry. gestern abend gabs unglaeubige blicke als ich http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/Bamako/blog-410558.html Bienvenue und herzlich Willkommen schoen dass du den Weg zu meinem Blog gefunden hast hoffentlich gefaellt es dir Hier werde ich die naechsten 78 Monate versuchen mehr oder weniger regelmaessig mitzuteilen wie es sich hier so lebt. Momentan heisst 'Hier' Bamakok die Hauptstadt von Mali wo ich seit vorgestern bin. Morgen oder uebermoren werde ich von Mali in Richtung Guinea aufbrechen und http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/District-of-Bamako/blog-410122.html