Mali Travel Diaries is small blog that chronicles useful and practical information to travel to and within Mali in West Africa.
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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 23 January 2009 Unknown assailants kidnapped
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 being hard to
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 the Tuareg rebellion back in
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 in Mali Dogon Countries Mask Cerimonies April to May
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 =
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
La Dune Rose is a big dune along the Niger River outside the city of Gao. La Dune Rose means The Pink Dune and the name comes from the specific colours the sand reflects at dawn and nightfall. This dune is also known as Koyma, the small town at
If you’re interested into visiting some museums and research deep into Mali’s ancient history, culture and mysteries, you should pay a visit to the Musée National on the northern part of the city. This museum has a huge garden and it makes quite an agreeable escape to Bamako intense
Like many countries in Africa, Mali is a multilingual country, where several languages and dialect are spoken showing a sign of antique settlements, migrations, and a vast history where ethnic groups and tribes were mantained together. From its people, Bambara are the biggest ethnic group with 33% of the
After 22 hours on the back of the truck from Gao to Timbuktu, I decided to get a nicer hotel and don’t just look for the cheapest option. I asked the Mauritanian guy to leave me near the hotel Sahara Passion, somewhere near the Peace Monument Flame de la
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