Mali - Day 3
Well I finally managed to get to Mali, some 26 hours after the trip started. Air Kenya did manage to pull out the stops to get flights confirmed via strange places and we friendly all the way.
That said, they did not feed us very well at all and all I had to eat on Tuesday was a really scary chilli dog, where the refried beans had been refried maybe once to often.
That said - I can also see how people can exit at the incorrect airport. We flew Air Maurutania for the last leg from Benin to Mali and the languages of choice were Arabic and French. I can assume that this is the reason why they put the name of the airport you are at in Large Letters. *chuckle*
Bamako?
Another African City.
Roads are somewhat decent where they have managed to put tar down. The buildings are in reasonable nick and the Sofitel where we are staying is a decent - if expensive - hotel.
The streets are dirty and the west african open drains abound. People speak french and I speak english with grade 1 French. It makes for interesting communication.
We had a meeting with tax accountants and lawyers which entailed us asking a question in English, really long and animated discussions in French and the answer in english which usually consisted of "yes"
I am sure they were discussing the latest soccor results to make it look as if the question was a difficult one.
Jeri lost her luggage - and she had the shortest trip - so she is not a happy camper. We did toddle off to the local pharmacy to purchase her toothpaste and a toothbrush as she was looking rather ragged. Her essential purchase also included skin cream. Tis a woman thing :)
The fact that her luggage was lost in Dakar and she is not returning via that route does not bode well. We all assume her clothes are on sale in the market in Dakar - Home used.
I am off to site today - 7 hour drive - as we were unable to get a plane to take us in due to the presedential elections on Sunday. The alarm went off at 5am. Not good.
We had road runner chicken as our first meal - tough chicken with skinny legs is a west african constant.
We did however have a good meal at the hotel last night even though the cost was $280.00 for 6 people.
Lemme at em.
Have a great one people - will update soon.
Oh yes - as an aside, Blogger seems to pick up that I am in a French Speaking country and has unilaterally decided that all the buttons and writing shall be in French.
I will now press the "Publier" button and see what happens.
*press*
That said, they did not feed us very well at all and all I had to eat on Tuesday was a really scary chilli dog, where the refried beans had been refried maybe once to often.
That said - I can also see how people can exit at the incorrect airport. We flew Air Maurutania for the last leg from Benin to Mali and the languages of choice were Arabic and French. I can assume that this is the reason why they put the name of the airport you are at in Large Letters. *chuckle*
Bamako?
Another African City.
Roads are somewhat decent where they have managed to put tar down. The buildings are in reasonable nick and the Sofitel where we are staying is a decent - if expensive - hotel.
The streets are dirty and the west african open drains abound. People speak french and I speak english with grade 1 French. It makes for interesting communication.
We had a meeting with tax accountants and lawyers which entailed us asking a question in English, really long and animated discussions in French and the answer in english which usually consisted of "yes"
I am sure they were discussing the latest soccor results to make it look as if the question was a difficult one.
Jeri lost her luggage - and she had the shortest trip - so she is not a happy camper. We did toddle off to the local pharmacy to purchase her toothpaste and a toothbrush as she was looking rather ragged. Her essential purchase also included skin cream. Tis a woman thing :)
The fact that her luggage was lost in Dakar and she is not returning via that route does not bode well. We all assume her clothes are on sale in the market in Dakar - Home used.
I am off to site today - 7 hour drive - as we were unable to get a plane to take us in due to the presedential elections on Sunday. The alarm went off at 5am. Not good.
We had road runner chicken as our first meal - tough chicken with skinny legs is a west african constant.
We did however have a good meal at the hotel last night even though the cost was $280.00 for 6 people.
Lemme at em.
Have a great one people - will update soon.
Oh yes - as an aside, Blogger seems to pick up that I am in a French Speaking country and has unilaterally decided that all the buttons and writing shall be in French.
I will now press the "Publier" button and see what happens.
*press*
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