10.01.2006

17 days in Mali

We spent 17 days in Mali during Christmas 2005 & New Year 2006. Although we had only a bit more than two weeks to visit this huge country, we managed to see most of Mali’s major attractions. After spending the first night in Bamako and being eaten by mosquitoes we flew immediately to Timbuktu. Covering one leg of the trip by plane saved us a lot of time. Ignore what travel guides say, flying is a good alternative in Mali. Though tour books kept repeating that this place is a simple town on the edge of the desert living off its...[more]

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