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Mopti and Downstream on the Niger

Mopti and Downstream on the Niger

These handmade wooden vessels chug up and down the Niger river with loads of rice, millet, cement, flour, gasoline, or just about anything that’s needed further inland. The boat was staffed with two drivers, a captain, a handyman, an engine operator, and two cook girls.

Timbuktu

Timbuktu

It was a quick ride in a 4×4 taxi to get to the fabled city of Timbuktu. We unloaded the taxi and were promptly welcomed by a couple of obnoxious police officers with bloated egos.


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