“San”-yonara Segou!

“San”-yonara Segou!

  After a late 10am breakfast at our hotel in Segou, we further explored a Somono neighbourhood – a place filled with adobe mud brick buildings, a traditional architectural style house found mostly in Segou that help keep the family inside cool during intense...
Gone in 60 “Segou”-nds

Gone in 60 “Segou”-nds

 After minimal sleep getting in last night, we tried to enjoy an 8am breakfast at our hotel in Bamako where everyone finally got to meet for the first time.  By 8:30 am we began our 4 hour drive to Segou, a town built on the banks of the Niger...
28 Hours in IST Airport for Bamako, Mali

28 Hours in IST Airport for Bamako, Mali

    It was a surprisingly easy visa acquisition last week at the local consulate to Mali in the Upper East Side of NYC. They didn’t even ask for my flight itinerary or a copy of yellow fever vaccine as suggested on their website. All I had needed to drop off...