Mali 2002

Gao is a small city (57.000 people), 425 kilometers east of Tombouctou. By car it will take you two days to get there from Tombouctou. After days of sand and dust, arriving in Gao is very special. Suddenly you are in a real city again with a lot of people and even fresh food. From [...]

Halfway the road from Mopti to Gao is Hombori. A small town on the edge of a tablemountain. Along the road is the new part of town. Basically it is a busy market place.
Above the new town, about 20 minutes walking uphill, is the old and more interesting part of town. Old Hombori is a [...]