by Calvin Sun | Feb 2, 2022 | Camping, Fail, February 2022: Mali, Mali, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
After breakfast in Segou, we made an early start back to the capital of Bamako. Mali is one of the few places I know of that requires a negative PCR test for COVID-19 to leave the country (within 72 hours of departure). So in preparation for our...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 31, 2022 | February 2022: Mali, Mali, What Dreams May Come
You need to wake up at 6am for a day like this. After an early breakfast in San this morning, we began a long 3 hour drive to Djenne – known as the ‘capital of mud’. After crossing a few military checkpoints getting into Djenne,...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 30, 2022 | February 2022: Mali, Mali
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...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 29, 2022 | February 2022: Mali, Mali
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...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 28, 2022 | February 2022: Mali, 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...
