The Rotel way - instead of a nice restaurant meal in Bamako, we drove about an hour out of town for a "picnic" in a field |
Skull, Mali |
Skull decorating our picnic ground |
...and if we had driven another 5-10 minutes, there was an interesting road-side village with a woodcarvers market... |
But no matter where we stop, the kids find us |
Broke down truck decorated with the American flag, Mali |
Mosque of in the village of Zanti-something (sign got cut off) |
Rollover waiting to happen |
Roadside Mali |
Van in Mali with a roof load of goats and sheep |
Market day in Marakacongo, a small village between Bamako and Segou |
Market day in Marakacongo, a small village between Bamako and Segou |
Mushroom-shaped termite mound, central Mali |
Mushroom-shaped termite mound |
Mushroom shaped Termite Mound between Bamako and Ségou |
Mushroom-shaped termite mound |
What looks like some kind of open top mud brick oven |
We're getting into mud mosque territory now |
Mud minaret, central Mali |
"In the city you find money, but also AIDS" Mali |
The Last Word of Yobo, Go Eagles, Chanro Taloko, Mandje Diarra, Fana Mali |
Catholic Church, Fana, Mali |
Converted gas station, Fana, Mali |
Shortly after entering the Région de Ségou |
Binguebougou, Mali |
There's room for more.... |
Ségou - Bienvenue sur le reseau ikatel |
Ségou, Mali |
French colonial Hotel de Ville of Ségou |
Soccer is hugely popular in Mali |
Soccer on a dirt field, Ségou, Mali |
Ségou, Mali |
Faded painted wall, Ségou, Mali |
Sahel style gateway, Ségou, Mali |
Hall des Arts, Ségou, Mali |
A small river ferry on the Niger, Ségou, Mali |
Galerie Kasobané, Ségou, Mali |
River Niger, Ségou, Mali |
Ségou, Mali |
Labouzou Percussions - African Drums, Ségou, Mali |
Labouzou Percussions - African Drums, Ségou, Mali |
Rue 12, Quartier Commercial, Ségou, Mali |
Ségou, Mali |
Pleasant tree lined street, Ségou, Mali |
Hotel Djoliba, Ségou, Mali |
Mercedes, Ségou, Mali |
Sory-Konandji, Ségou, Mali |
J'aime le Mali |
Monument in Ségou - La Pirogue, Les Poteries, Les Personnes, Les Idéogrammes |
Restaurant "Le Niger" Ségou, Mali |
What a color! Ségou, Mali |
Ibrahim Doucouré, together in unity for a strong private sector |
Sentinelle brand mosquito nets ad, Ségou, Mali |
A side alleyway, Ségou, Mali |
Soccer game in the center of town, Ségou, Mali |
Cooking, Ségou, Mali |
Pinasse, Niger Riverfront |
Mud cinder blocks, Ségou, Mali |
Segou has a lively, friendly riverfront |
Boy in Ségou |
Donkey cart and ferry, Ségou, Mali |
Mosque, Ségou, Mali |
Riverfront, Ségou, Mali |
Ambulance pinasse, Ségou, Mali |
Pirogues on the Niger at Ségou, Mali |
Pirogues on the Niger at Ségou, Mali |
Pirogue on the Niger at Ségou, Mali |
A large mosque, Ségou, Mali |
A large mosque, Ségou, Mali |
Mud brick dwellings, Ségou, Mali |
Mud brick dwellings, Ségou, Mali |
Yes, that's Mickey Mouse selling cigars and cigaretts, Ségou, Mali |
AGTPS, Ségou, Mali - Association des Guides Touristiques et Piroguiers de Segou |
Gateway, Quai des Arts, Ségou, Mali |
Decorative Sudan-style arch on the Ségou riverfront |
Man contemplating the Niger, late afternoon |
Pirogue on the Niger, Ségou, Mali |
Quai des Arts, boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger |
Quai des Arts, boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger |
Boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger |
Boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger |
Boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger Ségou 2006 |
Boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger Ségou 2006 |
AGTPS Association des Guides Touristiques et Piroguiers de Segou, Quai des Arts |
Compagnie Malienne de Navigation, Ségou |
Roadsign in Ségou back towards Bamako, 235km |
Sunset, a short distance out of Ségou, Mali |
Pink cirrus, Mali |
African sunset, Mali |
African sunset, Mali |
Trees silhouetted against the red sky, Mali |
Our campsite |
Our nice campsite 30 minutes outside Ségou |
The full moon and an eerie baobab, Mali |
Baobab sunset, Mali |
A baobab with the nearly-full moon |
Baobab and full moon |
Trees at sunset near Segou, Mali |
Tree at sunset |
Stumpy baobab with a red sky, Mali |
Baobab at sunset, Mali |
Sunset, Mali |
Sunset with tree, Mali |
Sunset with tree, Mali |
A new day dawns on the African savannah, Mali |
A lone baobab on the horizon at dawn, Mali |
Dawn at our campsite near Segou |
Dawn at our campsite near Segou |
The Rotel, early morning near Segou |
Some of the kids who live nearby |
Village outside Segou |
Mudbrick village mosque between Segou and the Bani River bridge |
Mudbrick village, Mali |
Village along the banks of the Bani River, Mali |
Village along the banks of the Bani River, Mali |
Bani River, Mali |
Bani River from the N6 bridge, Mali |
Bani River from the N6 bridge, Mali |
Bani River, which will join the Niger downstream at Mopti, Mali |
Pirogues pulled up on the left bank of the Bani River, Mali |
Bushpause |
The main highway of Mali, the N6 connecting the capital Bamako with Mopti |
Bamako-Mopti highway |
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Primitive roadside gas station in a small village along the N6 between the Bani River Bridge and Bla |
Mudbrick village, Mali |
Baobab and waterhole, Mali |
Mudbrick mosque, Mali |
Cattle, Mali |
Baobab by a waterhole |
Bla, Mali |
Billboard against the common practice of female circumcision |
Billboard "Say no to child labor, yes to education for children" Bla, Mali |
Condom advertisement, Bla, Mali "AIDS and MST are always there" |
Secteur CM DT Bla, Mali |
LONAMA Loterie Nationale du Mali, Bla |
Bla, Mali |
Bla, Mali |
Woman carrying a bucket on her head, Bla, Mali |
Waterhole, Mali |
Baobab, Mali |
Another potty break, Rotel Tours, Mali |
Bittar Bus Company, Mali |
One of the first huts of this style we'd seen so far, Mali |
Village, central Mali |
Mudbrick village, Mali |
Mudbrick village, Mali |
Mudbrick village, Mali |
Dirt road, Mali |
Beef on hoof, Mali |
Large baobab, Mali |
Termite mound, Mali |
Termite mound, Mali |
Termite mound, Mali |
Sheep pass a fallen baobab trunk along the road, Mali |