Mali photo gallery
These images are a record of my trip to Mali in 2003 with Point-Afrique.
Girl with goats, Ségou
Fishing, Ségou
Pottery market, Ségou
Pottery market, Ségou
Rue de la Corniche, Ségou
Hairdresser's shop, Ségou
Dogon granaries, near Djenné
River crossing near Djenné
Windows, Djenné
Team photo: Catherine, Iris, Erwan, Léo, Brian and Matthieu, with Agnès in the front
Grand mosque, Djenné, with truck
Grand mosque, Djenné
Detail of Grand mosque, Djenné
Detail of Grand mosque, Djenné
Typical street in Djenné
House in Djenné
At the bogolan shop, Djenné
Nana Wangara's well, Djenné
House, Djenné
The road to the Bandiagara escarpment. Quite a good road by Malian standards.
Flat tyre in the Dogon country
The Bandiagara escarpment from on high
A Dogon village in the plain
Léo tries not to get wet and fails
Our first tropical storm, when it was still a novelty
Indelou, a Dogon village, after the rain
The hike begins through the millet fields
Descent of the cliff
Descent continues
Abandoned Tellem cliff village
Bogolan craftsman, Endé
Flowers, Endé
The Ogon in his shrine, near Endé
The jaws of the sacrificed, Dogon shrine, near Endé
Crossing a stream, near Endé
OK, you try wearing the same t-shirt for three days when hiking in 40-degree heat, and you'll be grungy too!
I'm sitting by the mosque in the Dogon village of Téli.
Dogon women pounding millet, Téli
Jaws and skulls of the sacrificed
Cliff village
Ceiling
Mosque, Kana Kandelé
Boats, Mopti
Fish market, Mopti
Wiring, Mopti
Seller of bracelets and trinkets, Mopti
Our pinasse, and home for three days along the river Niger
Youvarou, a lakeside town
Dead babyfoot, Youvarou
Children, Youvarou
Malian car-wash, Youvarou
Empty though not abandoned fishing village; the nomadic fishermen will be back
Dunes above Lake Télé.
As night fell, roughly several ZILLION mosquitoes attacked. This proved to be MOSQUITO HELL without a doubt.
Larking about before mosquito attack.
Beetle tracks in the dune
Going to market at Bintagoungou, near Timbuktu (Tombouctou)
The market at Bintagoungou
The market at Bintagoungou
The market at Bintagoungou
Poetry of the desert
A well, near Timbuktu
A sandperson
Djingarey Ber (Djingareiber) mosque, Timbuktu
Inside the Djingarey Ber mosque
Minaret, Djingarey Ber mosque
Alexander Gordon Laing's house, Timbuktu
The little girl who lives there now
Sankoré mosque, Timbuktu
Timbuktu FC
Main street, Timbuktu
Sandstorm
Night falls, bringing trepidation. What will it bring? Rain, sand, or mosquitoes?
Independence day fun and games, Ansongo
And finally, Matthieu and the turtle!
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