Mali facts & history in
brief
The road from Mopti to Tombouctou is about 350
kilometres, and after about 80 kilometres at Douentza
leaves the sealed road and heads through the desert
to Tombouctou.
We were told that if we leave Mopti between 7 and 8
am. we should arrive to Tombouctou by mid-day or 45
minutes later, if we had to wait for the ferry. Well,
we had to wait for the ferry, also our four wheel drive's
air-conditioner broke down and the last 50 kilometres
took us about three hours.
We did not have anything to eat until 3.30 pm.
On the way back our vehicle broke down and
we had to flag a ute down for a 60 km
lift to Mopti. (More about that on other pages.)
List of photo
pages in my Mali series.
Bamako
Hotel La Chaumiere
Mali
Art Mali
Desert People
of Mali Mali
Trains
Mopti
Segou
Timbuctu or
Tombouctou
Some of my photos
taken on the desert road to Tombouctou (Click for an
enlargement)
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| picnic
time |
The
desert |
The
desert sun |
a desert
man |
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| The
desert |
Tents
in the desert |
Custom's
post |
Monkies
in the desert |
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| The
desert |
Goats
of the desert |
Herds
of the desert |
Huts
in the desert 1 |
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| The
desert |
Using
the desert shade 1 |
Using
the desert shade 2 |
Huts
in the desert 2 |
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| Huts
in the desert 3 |
Using
the desert shade 3 |
Before
the breakdown |
After
the breakdown |
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| The
ute and co. |
One
of the regular checks |
Moving
into the ute |
Desert
entertainment |
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