Taking care for Andrada and putting her on the plane
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| Parking lot at an office in Bamako, only Mercedes! Incredible, the car with status. Only W124’s and W201’s whch still look quite good |
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| You don’t need a T modell to sleep |
Posts tagged ‘mali’
Bamako again!
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Bamako parking lot  |
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| Driving to north Mali, leaving Bamako |
Driving back, heading to Bamako and dropping Amanda in Djenne
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| Amanda and Andrada enjoying the drive through Mali |
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| Amanda leaving for Djenne |
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| Flat tyre.. Cause: A key from a moped |
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| Loads of Baobab trees in Mali |
Wandering through the Dogon area between the tribes and their villages
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| Rock formations |
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| Huge fruits of some kind |
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| Large mountain wall with lots small residences in it |
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| School kids with their work-books |
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| Dogon canyon |
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| Walking back |
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| Lonely tree |
Driving to the Dogon valley
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| Just entered Mali, staying on this lame campsite |
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| The Saharagelber in Mali |
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| Baobab, Mali |
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| Chameleon |
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| On the way to the Dogon valley (again) |
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| Mali, on the way to the Dogon |
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| On my way to the Dogon valley |
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| Anoter terrific Baobab |
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| Great scenery in Mali |
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| The Dogon area |
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| Small pieces of farming land |
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| The Dogon valley |
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| Small houses built between the rocks |
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| The Dogon valley planes |
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| Rock formations in the Dogon valley |
Sand, sand, sand!
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| Drinking strong tea |
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| The nomad daughter, she just came back from a 3 days walk with their cattle through the Sahara |
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| The pretty daughter of the family. |
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| Living a primitive and sometimes hard life, but they like it all the best |
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| Beautiful young lady in the Sahara, north of Tombouctou |
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| 2wd in soft sand in the Sahara |
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| Unbelievable, going upwards in soft sand! I couldn’t imagine so much is possible with only a rear wheel drive by deflating the tyres a bit (to 1 bar) |
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| Driving the Saharagelber through the Sahara |
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| Hooaaay! |
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| Tombouctou town |
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| Tombouctou library |
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| Mosque |
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| Isn’t she sweet? |
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| Beautiful door in Tombouctou town |
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| Sandy streets in Tombouctou |
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| How a Land Rover ends up sometimes |
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| Market stall in Tombouctou |
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| Entrance gate of Tombouctou |
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| The trustworthy W123 |
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| Ploughing through deep sand |
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| Ploughing through deep sand.. Coming from Tombouctou you have to drive on this dyke, where deep tracks of other vehicles make it hard to cross. People around were amazed this ‘petite voiture’ made it through the terrain. |
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| Gaining enough speed is the trick to go through it as is deflating the tyres a bit |
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| Lost some speed but the Benz still goes on |
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| The last metres and… We did it! |
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| I think it can’t get dirtier |
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| Sweet and healthy donkeys in the Sahara |
Our stay with the sahara Touaregs, northern Mali
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| Tombouctou town |
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| Sandy Tombouctou |
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| D(r)iving into the Sahara Our german friends stayed behind en we went into the sahara with the good old Benz |
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| Staying the night with saharan nomads |
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| Feeling utterly relaxed, drinking tea with the nomads under the stars |
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| Our stay with the nomads in the desert |
Terrific Tombouctou
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| Waking up with the camels. Our friends from Switzerland slept in the chairs of the germans and hung a mosquito net over it. Looks pretty cool |
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| Sahara sunrise with the camels |
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| Waking up at 6am, time to go on again |
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| Camel with blue eyes |
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| Ready to go to Tombouctou today |
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| Direction Tombouctou |
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| Taking the side of the dyk was a bad idea |
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| The Ferry to cross the Niger |
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| All cars stuffed on the ferryboat |
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| Yes!!! Tombouctou!!! |
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| Driving through the town Tombouctou |
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| 300TD monster reached Tombouctou |
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| Dirt looks cool |
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| Strong W123 |
Mopti and surrounding villages
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| Mopti is a great place in Mali, it’s also the starting point to visit the stilt villages and the tribe on the tiny island villages. |
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| Hundreds of boats in Mopti, Mali |
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| Fisherman boats and equipment |
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| Fisherman boats and equipment |
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| Local way of transport to go to the various villages situated in the Niger delta |
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| Small mud mosque on one of the islands around Mopti |
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| Sweet little malian girl |
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| Malian girl next to their village mosque |
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| Enthousiastic kids in Mali. Everytime I took a shot, I showed the image to them of themselves. They were amazed and wanted me to take another picture all the time. |
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| Villages in the water in the Mopti region |
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| Huge pelicans pay the village a visit. |
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| Mopti sunset |
Leaving Bamako and heading east
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| Driving out of Bamako, Mali |
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| Foot destroyed by the mosquitos |
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| Interesting place to be I guess: Centre de Bla |
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| Get out the rope. Well, this was just not possible, we gave it a shot but having a 4×4 is a real pro here |
Le Taxi Terrible!
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| Fixing a 504 break taxi |
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| Taxi standing place, Bamako |
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| Sometimes even hard to recognize, the 504 taxis in Bamako |
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| Also called ‘Sept-place’. Which means 7 places to sit. |
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| The inside of the 504 taxi. There’s not much original anymore. |
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| Back seats in the 504 taxi. Enjoy your trip! |
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| ‘Stop’ sign |
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| average multi-story building in Bamako |
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| Roaring Hippo on the roundabout, Bamako (Mali) |