Timbuktu to Ouagadougou
May 2nd 2009 We left by Pinesse(oversized canoe) on April 21 down the Niger river(but northerly direction) and spent 3 days getting to Timbuktu. A wonderful if uncomfortable journey,we saw Hippos,birds, fish and fishermen and stopped at villages to buy food. This large waterway is in the middle of desert and sustains tens of thousands of people and animals. We had to get out and push many times and camped on
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