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Mali Travel Diaries

http://malitraveldiaries.wordpress.com/

Mali Travel Diaries is small blog that chronicles useful and practical information to travel to/within Mali in West Africa.

• Added on: Dec 29th, 2008
• Country: Mali
• Language: English

• Author: Joao Leitao
• Listed in: Travel Destinations
• Tags: travel africa blog mali bamako timbuktu

Recent Posts

• Mali Travel Alerts & Dangers

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 05:32 in africa, alert, mali, general information, west africa, niger, timbuktu, tuareg, us department of state, travel alert, essakane

  Mali is not a stable country. For long times that war, army clashes with Tuaregs have taken part of Mali daily life. On this page I’ll try to update news related to Travel warning around the country. Western tourists kidnapped by Tuareg Friday ...

• 4×4 Transport from Timbuktu to Mopti

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 13:31 in africa, transportation, 4x4, mali, timbuktu, toyota land cruiser, 4wd, mopti, ferry boat, niger river

  After my 22 hours trip from Gao on top of that Mauritanian smuggler pickup truck along with other 18 people, I wasn’t expecting that my way out of Timbuktu would be hard. Well, it wasn’t easy and it proved to be true the reputation of Timbuktu be...

• Flame of Peace, Timbuktu

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 13:05 in africa, war, sightseeing, mali, guns, rebels, niger, monument, timbuktu, rebellion, sahara desert, kidal

  The Flame of Peace or “Flamme de la Paix” is a peace monument located on the northwest part of Timbuktu facing the desert. This white construction with several guns is the actual place where more than 3000 weapons were burnt at the end of...

• Festivals and Public Holidays in Mali

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 02:44 in africa, holidays, mali, Festivals, general information, dogon, bamako, niger, public holidays, bozo, sahara desert, andéramboukane

  It’s always nice to combine few sightseeing places with some cultural events while travelling. Mali as a few number of interesting festivals and national holidays are always a reason to party so you might want to join and celebrate. Festivals i...

• Lebazy Internet, Cybercafe Gao

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 02:26 in africa, internet, Computers, mali, general information, gao, cybercafe, aldousseini o touré, lebazy

  This is a nice and relaxed place to check out your emails while in Gao. The guys working there are friendly and helpful and will get you the best seat and probably the best computer so don’t rush if they tell you to wait. Internet 1 hour = 750 CFA...

• Point G Hill, Bamako

  Posted on Saturday January 3rd, 2009 at 13:27 in sightseeing, mali, panorama, plateau, bamako, military hospital, point g

  This is one of the best things I found in Bamako. Point G is a plateau on top of a hill facing Bamako, named by the French colonizer Point G, right in front of the Mali National Museum. There’s some sort of ethnic park inside the fenced complex but...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 3.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Natalie Anne Lanoville

Very nice photos, but unappealing layout and not much content. Posting your content with no dates doesn't fool anyone.

Posted: August 21st, 2009 | More Reviews From Seabuckthorn | Report This Comment

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