Mali Photo Gallery by John Paskey at pbase.com

Mali

Ahhhh, Mali. Dogon country, Tuareg, The Djenne Monday Market, Sitting on top of a sand dune
enjoying endless views over the Sahara at sunset,
watching cute hippos wallowing in the Niger, Timbuktu, Music, Culture...Ahhh.

Reality: Hotter than shit. Poorer than, well, friggin poor. Being served tea by Bella slaves (no, slavery was not entirely abolished,
contrary to what anyone tells you). Staring down river pirates on the Niger.
Being in the water WITH the Hippos (nice Hippos, please don't eat me). Black Magic, Animism,
Bamako. ...the smelliest capital I have ever been too, not to mention home of the craziest and
most pain in the ass moped and motorcycle drivers ever seen...anywhere...at any time...ever.

Honestly, we should have all died here (everyone on the trip with me that is), but, we didn't, so it's definitely in my most
favorite country category and would recommend to anyone who wants a bit of adventure.
Just don't listen to all the hype. It's Africa, and its in a very, very poor part of Africa.
The people are absolutely amazing though, and the food, well, its Africa.

Dogon Masked Dance	Tea with the Tuareg	Malian Smile	Simple Hut	Havin' Fun	Carpet
Dogon Mask	A Goat, Kettle, Hut and Mosque	Market Scene: Djenne	Friggin' Traffic	The Look	Smiley
River Scene ...sepia	Color of Mud	Thoughts of Life	Covered	Lunch and a Smile	From Above
Covering the Color	Peul Girl	For the Lotion	Children of Light	River Life	Skewed
Blue Man	Boredom and a Bucket	Morning Chores	Dogon Smile	Being Dogon	For Sale
Streets of Bamako I	Streets of Bamako II	Not Budging	Water	Watching	Welcome Party
Survival	Pirates of the Niger	First Nights Camp	One Girl, One Boy, a Flip-flop, Three Bottles and a Tire	Campement Baobab	Sailing the Niger
BabyBacking Younger Brother	Two for One	Compact	Four Huts	Smiling Peul Girls	Defiance
Jewelry	Village Scene I	Fairy Huts of the Dogon	What's Goin' On	Built Up	Against the Wind
The Niger	A Helping Hand	Marks of Fula	Starship Enterprise	Life on the River	Peek-a-Boo
On the Front Stoop	Morning Tea	Village Life	Hot and Dry	Timbuktu	Looks Like Rain
At the Local Pool...	The Great Cornholio	Pirelli	Decked Out	Smiling	Hot and Dry ...wide
Village View	Hanging Back	Hanging On	Blue	In a Crowd	Village View II
Schools Out	Tombs on the Bandiagara	Plastic Bottle Scramble	Hanging Village	The Esplanade	River Life
Adam	Orange Pop	Adam II	Into the Desert	Monday Market	River Life
There	Strolling through the Garden	Down the Niger	Djenne's Backyard	From the Top	Dogon Hat
Looking Towards Timbuktu	Being Followed	River Scene	No Butts	By the Boat	Lean
Cleaning the Calabash	Sista's	Ehhhh, not Happy	Fisherman	Sailin' the Niger	Ali
Moussa Maiga	Fishing	Attacheman	Tuareg Tents	Grand Marche	It Ain't Pretty
Eto'o and Friend	Looking Back	Drying Fish	Monday Market	Schools Out	Merchant Man
Riverside View	More Souveneirs	Young Sheperds	Fishy	Sailing By	Pushing Off
Rooftops	Sittin' on the Boat	Top of the Boat	Public Transport: Niger River Style	Family Life	Rounding the Bend
Doing the Dishes	Packed	Monday Market	Desert City	Navigator	Djenne Monday market
River View	Desert View	Smiley in the Sun	Sailing the Niger	Sailing	Hi!!!
Poling Through	Loaded Up	Home	Pinasse	Hi!!! ...again	Timbuktu
Got the Keys ...let's go	Smoking Fish	Merchant Man II	Welcome to Mali	19	Against the Wind
Mine Too	Breakfast Tea in Timbuktu	Above the Market	Teamwork at the Well	Blue Man	Whats Up?
Navigator II	Day Care: Timbuktu	Mud Mosque	Timbuktu View	Timbuktu Toys	Mid Morning Breakdown
Coke - It's Friggin Everywhere	The Boys in Blue	Piroque Boys	Playin' Hard	In the Mud	Village Woman
Bucket of Joy	Smiley II	The Fish Market	Earth-Tones	Run Forest Run	The Mosque
Welcoming Committee	Fula Girl	A Man and His Sword	Helping Hand	Lunch and a Grin	Mobbed
Hair	Tea under the Tree	The Market	Making Dinner	Thinking

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Karla S. Hall		24-May-2009 15:46
An incredible journey! Thanks so much for posting...I enjoyed your writings to explain everything. I'm most amazed at the fact that you manage to capture all this with just a basic rig...Proves to me once again, it's not the equipment(although great equipment is nice), it's the photographer and his or her knowledge that makes that baby sing. I hope others will take the time to really go thru the gallery...VVV

Hany Hosny		14-May-2009 19:44
Topnotch all the way around. Wow! (Voted.)

Ali Majdfar		18-Apr-2009 04:06
Spectacular Gallery, Stunning captures. ~V

Pedro Lib�rio		12-Apr-2009 22:48
my vote...totally amaizing gallery!!!

Patricia Cannaerts		11-Mar-2009 20:09
excellent gallery great work !

Ashley Hockenberry		11-Mar-2009 19:41
Excellent !

Bartosz Kotulski		10-Mar-2009 18:09
such a wonderful and touching gallery.a wonderful kaleidoscope. a great collection of images that speak to the heart Bartosz

Ursula Armstrong		10-Mar-2009 17:07
Absolutely wonderful portraits. I loved to look at all these faces. Buba is right, this is one of your best galleries! Uschi (V)

Ken Duckert		25-Feb-2009 23:12
Glad you made it out alive with these photos. They're great! Nicely done!

Buba Jafarli		22-Feb-2009 04:37
All you galleries are a big and endless wonderland! And this particular gallery is one of the best in your portfolio, John! Big V.

Paul Davies		02-Oct-2008 22:35
This gallery is of the highest quality, standing out for its unique colourful depiction of a less travelled world. Thanks for sharing, V.

Edouard Steru		07-Sep-2008 08:22
I love this country and this gallery. You can visit my mali galleries here : http://www.pbase.com/edouarrr/mali

Enzo Priore		04-Sep-2008 21:29
great reportage, V.

Hany Hosny		13-May-2008 03:12
Topnotch all the way around! I am very impressed by this gallery.

GP Merfeld		12-May-2008 23:12
An extraordinary collection of images, filled with character, culture, and humanity... Outstanding work, outstanding heart...

Marcos Garc�a		15-Apr-2008 21:06
Impressive imaginery John! Excellent execution. V

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