In the Dogon Country

Dad, ready for Dogon adventures

Millet fields

Some kidses welcome us to Niongono

 

But first we have to climb!

 

 Photoshop seems to be unable to decide which color this village actually was, and now I'm not too sure either...

 

a panorama of Niongono

Niongono's court house/senior citizen's chillin in the shade spot

We left Niongono and went to Sangha (I think that was the name...)

On the way...

 

We saw a kid playing with Mali's hottest toy

Then we got to Sangha...

And saw some paintings at the special cliff side circumcision spot when black women are not allowed to go because they will go CRAZY!

Next, the road to Timbuktu. See previous post

http://smiskotheque.blogspot.com/2010/01/road-to-tombouctou.html

for previous panorama or check back soon for more!

Segou and onwards

Visiting Segou, Segou Koro, and onwards to Djenne

Segou Koro

Part of the mosque

New friends in Segou Koro

 

Kids having recess

 

 

This is one of our drivers, Mohamed Ali!

 

At least Africans still love USA!

But even more...

They love Obama!

More on that later...

Djenne

Spending time in Djenne, Mali

Birds in the morning

 

 

Red windows

Braiding hair

 Dirty in Djenne

Naked in Djenne

Happy in Djenne

Kids and bricks

Cow

Sunrise

 Djenne girl

 

 Djenne blacksmith

 

Djenne morning moon

First night in Bamako

Dad already has Malian fans...

Who cares if they might have suggested an exchange of sex for money!

Tuaregs and funny glasses

I spent New Year's eve in Paris and was given these crazy sunglasses and decided right away I had to take them with me to the desert and see if anyone there would go along with getting their photo taken with them. As you can see, it wasn't very hard to convince them.

The road to Tombouctou