Left Djenne yesterday after a tour of the city, dusty town on the bank of Bani river. Highlights were the mud mosque and seeing a women*s cooperative where they make local fabrics. Also managed to buy a piece of fabric and a necklace from the monday market. We visited our Mali guide*s mother*s village Bandassi where tourists are rarely seen and felt like celebrities with the kids surrounding us. Gosh they love to have their picture taken. Also came across the cut...

Greetings from scorching Djenne, arrived a few minutes ago from the bordertown of Koro and so far enjoying the beauty and warmth of Mali. Yesterday was insanely hot, after a relatively easy border crossing, enjoyed sights from the roof seats at the back of Madge. Morning started with a shower without any lights in it, just the first beams of sunlight and a little help of my torch. By now that shower is only a distant memory and dust has dyed my clothes and skin b...

Been a long and even bumpy road since kick-off in Accra, spent our last evening eating out together at Buka [Lonely Planet check your bloody facts] and I managed to amuse our tour leader Paul by daring to order Banku and finishing the whole sticky chunk with my guinea fowl soup. Banku is basically goo made out of fermented maize. The first driving day started with excitement and after hours of driving on different variety of bumpy roads, arrived in the crater la...

After a laid back day yesterday it was time to check out the sights. Conveniently got company to join me for a venture out in town and checked out the famous customized coffins they make here. Personally I would sure like to be buried inside a lobster.. I couldn't help noticing yesterday at the airport that western ladies seem to wear a lot of animal prints when it comes to shirts they wear here. If you are going on a safari, why dress in the big five? There are...

Bienvenue a Accra they say. Flew in yesterday via Frankfurt, both of the flights delayed but got to Kotoka international in one piece. I was expecting to feel a bit of a culture shock the first day but everything was so mellow and in a way familiar, that couldn't help taking an instant liking to the place. Locals seem to have big smiles and hearts..Ofcourse I immediately started comparing things between other parts of Africa I've been to with Ghana, and amazing e...