Mali Photo Gallery by Happypoppeye 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	Making Dinner	Dogon Smile	Being Dogon
For Sale	Streets of Bamako I	Streets of Bamako II	Not Budging	Water
Watching	Welcome Party	Survival	Thinking	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	Pounding Millet
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	Here's Trouble	Workin' Hard	Against the Wall
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frank_1112	PM reply	18-Aug-2011 03:04
GREAT GALLERY

izabiza	PM reply	20-Nov-2009 19:59
After finding out that I will be living in Bamako for 3 year, I went online looking for information and pictures of this place. I looked at many photos but your gallery is really impressive and your description of Mali is hilarious. Congratulations, great work! ps. It won't be easy to compete with you :-)

Martina Pegu		07-Nov-2009 08:58
Mst amazing Pics.......I really liked them. great work!

rollosphotos	PM reply	11-Sep-2009 15:36
Great gallery, you have a wonderful way of capturing people, I love your portraits!

Chun Lo	PM reply	02-Sep-2009 06:39
Your gallery contain amazing images. Your exposure, composition and angles are absolutely flawless. Surprisingly, you have shown that it is the man behind the hardware that matters and not the array of optical glasses, D-SLR bodies. Great work!

Bill vander Sluys	PM reply	01-Sep-2009 17:48
great gallery, great captures... V

Jean D	PM reply	01-Sep-2009 00:33
Terrific gallery of varied images! Well done, John! V

Giancarlo Bisone	PM reply	12-Jul-2009 15:12
Hi John: What an amazing gallery! It mast have been a wonderful trip. Thanks for sharing these great photos with all of us. Ciao, Giancarlo

Karla S. Hall	PM reply	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	PM reply	14-May-2009 19:44
Topnotch all the way around. Wow! (Voted.)

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

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

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

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

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

Buba Jafarli	PM reply	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	PM reply	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	PM reply	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	PM reply	04-Sep-2008 21:29
great reportage, V.

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

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

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

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