There isn't too much to say about general life on base, it has been going well, I am enjoying living here and the people are great. I am still SLOWLY learning French and it continues to be a struggle.
I had a visit from a friend from New Zealand last month and we had a great time. We spent a few days in the capital city then came to the base here for a couple of weeks and the we went to my old home town and saw the boys there, I still miss them, and then we became real tourists in Dogon country. It is a very beautiful part of Mali that I hadn't visited before and it was even more spectacular because it is rainy season and everything is green.
Here are a few photos, it was so hard to narrow it down to these ones and even still there are a lot so I will just give brief explanations about each... enjoy...
Me with Yero (the little boy we looked after) and his family. He remembered me which totally made my day!
Charlotte and Yerro's sister who was named after me (my Fulani name that is).
A big sand storm, it came in so fast we got caught in it but some really nice lady invited us in till it passed, great Malian hospitality!
Charlotte being quite impressed with the fish market in Mopti
Car wash, and I'm not kidding, just drive your car into the Niger and give it a clean.
A Dogon village at sunset
Village meeting house, only men allowed
This day we walked from one village to another, amazing scenery, see what I mean about the green.
There was some climbing involved, this was just the beginning of it
Our tour guide (a WAYMer from my base in Koutiala) and a great view
That trip was fun!
Slowed down by some cows
Pigmy houses from the 9th Century built into the side of a cliff, quite impressive really, they are my new 'most impressive people group'
The very famous mosque at Djenne. It is the biggest one in the whole of ---- somewhere, can you tell I'm really good with details! But anyway this is a big tourist attraction, although I wasn't very impressed.
The inner city streets in Djenne, and you don't want to know what that little 'stream' consists of.
They love America here and especially Barack, I guess he can fix anything even the windscreen on our taxi.
1 comments:
I can't believe it took me so long to notice you had updated!! I usually check your blog so faithfully. Anyway, LOVE the photos, you look gorgeous in the photo with Yero & his family. Thanks for updating - so nice to see what you've been up to.
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