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After
leaving Dogon Country we stay with Kouyate's family in Sevare. They spend
most of their time in this outdoor living room.
We
watch the garbage collector go by.
We
go to the market
to
pick up dinner.
Tailors
work here.
Kouyate's
artisan friend will make you a souvenir.
This
is a gas station!
We
visit Mopti.
A
much needed public service campaign.
This
is the coastline/landfill.
Kouyate's
great mother in Mopti is bagging water to sell.
It's
dinnertime. We all eat out of the same bowl.
They
have a traditional bathroom.
Next
morning the bus drops us off at this junction where we must catch this
"taxi" for Djenne. The driver won't leave though until it fills
up with passengers. This could take 7 hours or more!
Hopefully
someone will drive by and pick us up.
The
roofline of Djenne is beautiful.
Yaya
(standing in back) gives us a tour of Djenne, which includes a look inside
this "magic" well.
The
spikes on this Morrocan style building represent the number of men in
the family.
Djenne
is famous for this mosque. It is the largest adobe structure in the world.
The wood sticking out is not just aesthetic, but serves as scaffolding
when they have to upkeep the exterior.
Our
bus ride back to Bamako is tame, except when the driver drives erratically
backwards for half a km to pick up a passenger he forgot!
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