Yeah.. the bus is packed and there are about 5-6 people sitting on the roof, on top of all the luggages..a and yes! an open bag of meat hanging from the side, blowing in the dust, pollution and mosquitoes for 4 hours...
Mali trip part 2: New Year's and Mopti January 18th 2008 So… here it goes and continues… about a month later! Sorry.. I’m trying to catch up on the lack of communication here!
So.. after the whole Dogon Country thing.. we decided to take a relaxing day off in Bandiagara at a hotel a bit out of town. We had the biggest pile of laundry ever to wash! Good thing for us.. we met a Ghanian Burkinabe woman.. who was all excited to meet us and did it for ... read more
Africa » Mali » Dogon Country » Mopti 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
I am a fourth year student in International Development Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough. I am leaving in September 2007 on my co-op placement in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for a duration of 8-12 months. Follow my adventures!
"Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes" (Unknown)... full info