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“Niger River Cruise Part I, Mali, November 9,2007″ Modernnomad67′s photos around Lake Debo, Mali

  • Posted on September 7, 2011 at 3:06 am

Preview of Modernnomad67′s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Lake Debo, Mali Entry Title: “Niger River Cruise Part I, Mali, November 9,2007″ Entry: “The Niger River is Africa’s second longest after the Nile, flowing about 2500 miles from its headwaters not far from the Atlantic in the Guinean highlands in a broad arc towards the northeast, southeast, and then southwards through Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. To travel by river the 200 or so miles from Mopti to Timbuktu is considered one of Africa’s great travel experiences. Our boat was one of the type known as a pinasse, the rather narrow medium-sized river going boats larger than the small fishermens’ pirogues but smaller than the river ferries. Even with motor power the journey would take the better part of three days. Once I got on I felt like I had gone out of the frying pan and into the fire since the fully loaded pinasse was even more crowded and cramped than our truck Daphne. Our Malian guide Grandpere arranged for the boat, crew, and cook, while in Mopti we loaded onto the pinasse almost everything we’d need for the next three days – food, beer, soft drinks, tents, beer, sleeping bags, small bags, more beer, a major logistics project. I couldn’t help but feel a little worried about the craft since it seemed to be one young crew member’s fulltime job to bale water out of the bottom of the …

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