Friday, January 30, 2009

Mali



It has been a long, bumpy and dirty few days. This afternoon we arrived in Bamako, Mali after a bush taxi (14 hrs), mini bus ( 40 packed people for 4 hrs, another taxi to cross the border, and a bus (23 hrs...at least 7 at which we were sitting still at police check points). We thought we had gotten incredible tans, but it turns out it was just dirt...everywhere. It feels great to be clean and to get a few things done in the city. We would like to load photos, however this internet is incredibly slow so they may not work. We were hoping to visit the Dogon Country, unfortunately our cash is running low and unable to find an ATM which accepts our cards. Otherwise, we will head directly to Burkino Faso.

2 comments:

The Barretts said...

Wow..it continues to sound so glamorous. Would have liked to have seen pictures of your "tans"!! :) Safe travels.

Jon Barrett said...

We will try to add that pict... Holly deleted the one I liked the most... It was too funny... (She looked quite tired and worn out)