 The Rotel way - instead of a nice restaurant meal in Bamako, we drove about an hour out of town for a "picnic" in a field |
 Skull, Mali |
 Skull decorating our picnic ground |
 ...and if we had driven another 5-10 minutes, there was an interesting road-side village with a woodcarvers market... |
 But no matter where we stop, the kids find us |
 Broke down truck decorated with the American flag, Mali |
 Mosque of in the village of Zanti-something (sign got cut off) |
 Rollover waiting to happen |
 Roadside Mali |
 Van in Mali with a roof load of goats and sheep |
 Market day in Marakacongo, a small village between Bamako and Segou |
 Market day in Marakacongo, a small village between Bamako and Segou |
 Mushroom-shaped termite mound, central Mali |
 Mushroom-shaped termite mound |
 Mushroom shaped Termite Mound between Bamako and Ségou |
 Mushroom-shaped termite mound |
 What looks like some kind of open top mud brick oven |
 We're getting into mud mosque territory now |
 Mud minaret, central Mali |
 "In the city you find money, but also AIDS" Mali |
 The Last Word of Yobo, Go Eagles, Chanro Taloko, Mandje Diarra, Fana Mali |
 Catholic Church, Fana, Mali |
 Converted gas station, Fana, Mali |
 Shortly after entering the Région de Ségou |
 Binguebougou, Mali |
 There's room for more.... |
 Ségou - Bienvenue sur le reseau ikatel |
 Ségou, Mali |
 French colonial Hotel de Ville of Ségou |
 Soccer is hugely popular in Mali |
 Soccer on a dirt field, Ségou, Mali |
 Ségou, Mali |
 Faded painted wall, Ségou, Mali |
 Sahel style gateway, Ségou, Mali |
 Hall des Arts, Ségou, Mali |
 A small river ferry on the Niger, Ségou, Mali |
 Galerie Kasobané, Ségou, Mali |
 River Niger, Ségou, Mali |
 Ségou, Mali |
 Labouzou Percussions - African Drums, Ségou, Mali |
 Labouzou Percussions - African Drums, Ségou, Mali |
 Rue 12, Quartier Commercial, Ségou, Mali |
 Ségou, Mali |
 Pleasant tree lined street, Ségou, Mali |
 Hotel Djoliba, Ségou, Mali |
 Mercedes, Ségou, Mali |
 Sory-Konandji, Ségou, Mali |
 J'aime le Mali |
 Monument in Ségou - La Pirogue, Les Poteries, Les Personnes, Les Idéogrammes |
 Restaurant "Le Niger" Ségou, Mali |
 What a color! Ségou, Mali |
 Ibrahim Doucouré, together in unity for a strong private sector |
 Sentinelle brand mosquito nets ad, Ségou, Mali |
 A side alleyway, Ségou, Mali |
 Soccer game in the center of town, Ségou, Mali |
 Cooking, Ségou, Mali |
 Pinasse, Niger Riverfront |
 Mud cinder blocks, Ségou, Mali |
 Segou has a lively, friendly riverfront |
 Boy in Ségou |
 Donkey cart and ferry, Ségou, Mali |
 Mosque, Ségou, Mali |
 Riverfront, Ségou, Mali |
 Ambulance pinasse, Ségou, Mali |
 Pirogues on the Niger at Ségou, Mali |
 Pirogues on the Niger at Ségou, Mali |
 Pirogue on the Niger at Ségou, Mali |
 A large mosque, Ségou, Mali |
 A large mosque, Ségou, Mali |
 Mud brick dwellings, Ségou, Mali |
 Mud brick dwellings, Ségou, Mali |
 Yes, that's Mickey Mouse selling cigars and cigaretts, Ségou, Mali |
 AGTPS, Ségou, Mali - Association des Guides Touristiques et Piroguiers de Segou |
 Gateway, Quai des Arts, Ségou, Mali |
 Decorative Sudan-style arch on the Ségou riverfront |
 Man contemplating the Niger, late afternoon |
 Pirogue on the Niger, Ségou, Mali |
 Quai des Arts, boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger |
 Quai des Arts, boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger |
 Boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger |
 Boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger |
 Boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger Ségou 2006 |
 Boat landing in Segou painted for the Festival Sur Le Niger Ségou 2006 |
 AGTPS Association des Guides Touristiques et Piroguiers de Segou, Quai des Arts |
 Compagnie Malienne de Navigation, Ségou |
 Roadsign in Ségou back towards Bamako, 235km |
 Sunset, a short distance out of Ségou, Mali |
 Pink cirrus, Mali |
 African sunset, Mali |
 African sunset, Mali |
 Trees silhouetted against the red sky, Mali |
 Our campsite |
 Our nice campsite 30 minutes outside Ségou |
 The full moon and an eerie baobab, Mali |
 Baobab sunset, Mali |
 A baobab with the nearly-full moon |
 Baobab and full moon |
 Trees at sunset near Segou, Mali |
 Tree at sunset |
 Stumpy baobab with a red sky, Mali |
 Baobab at sunset, Mali |
 Sunset, Mali |
 Sunset with tree, Mali |
 Sunset with tree, Mali |
 A new day dawns on the African savannah, Mali |
 A lone baobab on the horizon at dawn, Mali |
 Dawn at our campsite near Segou |
 Dawn at our campsite near Segou |
 The Rotel, early morning near Segou |
 Some of the kids who live nearby |
 Village outside Segou |
 Mudbrick village mosque between Segou and the Bani River bridge |
 Mudbrick village, Mali |
 Village along the banks of the Bani River, Mali |
 Village along the banks of the Bani River, Mali |
 Bani River, Mali |
 Bani River from the N6 bridge, Mali |
 Bani River from the N6 bridge, Mali |
 Bani River, which will join the Niger downstream at Mopti, Mali |
 Pirogues pulled up on the left bank of the Bani River, Mali |
 Bushpause |
 The main highway of Mali, the N6 connecting the capital Bamako with Mopti |
 Bamako-Mopti highway |
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 Primitive roadside gas station in a small village along the N6 between the Bani River Bridge and Bla |
 Mudbrick village, Mali |
 Baobab and waterhole, Mali |
 Mudbrick mosque, Mali |
 Cattle, Mali |
 Baobab by a waterhole |
 Bla, Mali |
 Billboard against the common practice of female circumcision |
 Billboard "Say no to child labor, yes to education for children" Bla, Mali |
 Condom advertisement, Bla, Mali "AIDS and MST are always there" |
 Secteur CM DT Bla, Mali |
 LONAMA Loterie Nationale du Mali, Bla |
 Bla, Mali |
 Bla, Mali |
 Woman carrying a bucket on her head, Bla, Mali |
 Waterhole, Mali |
 Baobab, Mali |
 Another potty break, Rotel Tours, Mali |
 Bittar Bus Company, Mali |
 One of the first huts of this style we'd seen so far, Mali |
 Village, central Mali |
 Mudbrick village, Mali |
 Mudbrick village, Mali |
 Mudbrick village, Mali |
 Dirt road, Mali |
 Beef on hoof, Mali |
 Large baobab, Mali |
 Termite mound, Mali |
 Termite mound, Mali |
 Termite mound, Mali |
 Sheep pass a fallen baobab trunk along the road, Mali |