Archive for June, 2010

Summer in Mali

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

What a trip this has been to Mali. I brought my wife Sara and niece Aimee with my on this assignment with Winrock. Aimee has been a great traveler, never complaining about anything except the heat, which we’ve all had our fill of.
We are here at the end of the dry season, [...]

First Rain. Double the price.

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

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Sitting on a roof enjoying the early morning breeze. It’s 80 now at 530 am, on it’s way to 100+. A boy kicks a soccer ball down the red laterite road. Herders pass through with their cattle, on their way to some scattered scrub awaiti g the first rai ns of the [...]

Mali : Mopti day 1

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Back in Mali. End of dry season and all is hot. Stayed in same hotel with a/c that didn’t work well. Stayed in Bamako 2 nights, then up country for an all day drive after which our butts were very relieved to be over. Country looks more like desert with this [...]


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