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 The plane Timbuktu Bamako by SirRichard
One way ticket: 150 euros
You can reserve in anticipation at their website http://www.malipages.com/mae/ and pay once you are in Bamako. They don't accept credit cards. Leave a Comment
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 Donkeys take you everywhere by Alpha_Ghana
So, Mali has a very high population of donkeys.
Even in Bamako, you can see a lot of people on donkeys, or pulling donkeys.
This animal is strong and very resistant to the heat. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Taxis in Bamako are very old, sometimes without any window. As a foreigner you will pay a fee of CFA 2,000. It is not very possible to negotiate, however, the taxi for a night, like going to restaurant, to a bar and a nightclub will only be charged CAF 5,000.
Be careful when you call a taxi, before stepping in, ask if he has petrol.
It happened several times that in the middle of the course, the engine stopped and the driver had to go and find petrol. Lat time, the guy had no money and I had to prepay my course. Then he came back with one beer glass full of petrol and we could complete the journey. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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The busstation is 6 km from centre (taxi for 2000 CFA)
The comfortable Somatrabus drove us in 2 hrs the 235 km to Segou where we were left at the wrong end of town. ***.
For the bus we paid 2500 CFA Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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Keito Moussa was one of the better taxi drivers that I met, his English is great and he's actually interested in what it is that you plan to achieve as he takes you from one place to another. He's quick thinking and gets involved with what you're doing without actually being annoying about it as some people can be. I mean, he's there when you need him and not there when you don't, if you get what I mean. His full day rate in Bamako, is CFA 30 000 his car is modest, but clean and neat and he wears a seatbelt when he drives... that should say a lot.
Local cell is 648 3269 which I think equates to +223 648 3269 Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor HomePhone: +223 648 3269
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The Railway Station is a beautiful colonial building, but is virtually EMPTY inside. Once part of a french project to extend the railways into its african colonies, nowadays it only serves 1 weekly train to Dakar. This train is a kind of a nightmare, taking 3-4 days to get to Dakar in rather hard conditions. It runs once weekly but the day depends on when the train arrives to Dakar and comes back!
The only info you get for the train in the station is a hand-written paper with the prices.
If you ever dare, take the 1st class. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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 Bamako, market by sachara
The Grand Marché at the junction of the Rue Mohammed V and the Avenue de la République is burnt down in 1993. So some of my pictures are really history.
At the markets you can buy everything, clothes, indigo, beads, jewellary, music, music instruments, spices.... Leave a Comment Directions: North bank of the Niger, south of the railway station.
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There are a number of cinemas dotted around Bamako of varying degrees of comfort. I'm going to update this entry as I try them out and find out more information. Here's what I have so far...
Well, the local advice is to go to the Babemba Cinema. Find the French Cultural Centre in the centre of town, turn left and follow the road round. (Or ask a taxi driver to take you there!) The showings are at 4 pm (kids films); and 9 pm. At weekends there are showing at 4 pm, 6.30 pm, 9 pm, and 11 pm. The costs start at 1,000 cfa and go up to 2,000 cfa for the late night showings. This is now showing all the latest American/European films ... in French. We went to see the newest Harry Potter film there this weekend. We found the seats comfy, but don't expect the usual multiplex standard from home. There are two auditoriums, a large one seating 300 + and a small one seating 50. The films start in the big auditorium and then go to the small one the second week. They do publish a little booklet with the films but it's hard to find a copy.
In the Badalabougou area the Palais de la Culture shows Malian cultural films from time to time. The upcoming films are shown on posters put up around town.
Some of the hotels have their own cinemas. The Hotel Amitié (Sofitel) shows regular French language films, and occasionally English films. These are advertised in the Hotel foyer.
In the quartier commercial there are the Club, the Vox, and the Rex cinemas. These show mostly French language films. In the quartier Oulofobougou the Soudan Ciné, and the Bademba cinemas show French films. In Médina Coura the El Hilal and the Salle Omnisport also show films. In Lafiabougou the Banankokou shows French films and in Badialan, the ABC shows French films. Leave a Comment Address: Bamako town
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