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December 6, 2005
We leave for our holiday today. We will board the company plane at 3:30 and land in Bamako around 4:30. After two nights there we will climb into a Land Rover and begin our tour of Mali. We are excited to see many new things including; the world’s largest mud Mosque, the market at Djenne, the arts and dances of the Dogon people on the Bandiagara Escarpment, and the annual cattle crossing festival in Mopti. Upon our arrival back in Bamako, the Niebancks will go home and the three of us will continue on to Senegal.
We will be in Saint Louis for a week over Christmas. This is in the heart of the Barbary Coast, home of the pirates of yore. We will depart from there and head for other parts of Senegal. We want to visit some of the National Parks, the city of Dakar (second largest port of Africa and the westernmost point), and the beaches of the south. We have been told that the seafood is fantastic and the people are very friendly. We hope to see the island that was the exit point for most of the African slave trade as well as the club run by Youssof N’Dour(sp?).
Through all of this it may be very difficult to obtain internet access. I shall be vigilant in keeping a journal and I will endeavor in earnest to remember my camera wherever we go. If you don’t hear from us for a while, don’t despair as there will be a plethora of reading material upon our return.
MJR
We leave for our holiday today. We will board the company plane at 3:30 and land in Bamako around 4:30. After two nights there we will climb into a Land Rover and begin our tour of Mali. We are excited to see many new things including; the world’s largest mud Mosque, the market at Djenne, the arts and dances of the Dogon people on the Bandiagara Escarpment, and the annual cattle crossing festival in Mopti. Upon our arrival back in Bamako, the Niebancks will go home and the three of us will continue on to Senegal.
We will be in Saint Louis for a week over Christmas. This is in the heart of the Barbary Coast, home of the pirates of yore. We will depart from there and head for other parts of Senegal. We want to visit some of the National Parks, the city of Dakar (second largest port of Africa and the westernmost point), and the beaches of the south. We have been told that the seafood is fantastic and the people are very friendly. We hope to see the island that was the exit point for most of the African slave trade as well as the club run by Youssof N’Dour(sp?).
Through all of this it may be very difficult to obtain internet access. I shall be vigilant in keeping a journal and I will endeavor in earnest to remember my camera wherever we go. If you don’t hear from us for a while, don’t despair as there will be a plethora of reading material upon our return.
MJR
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