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Vegetable market: curious and trading kids
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Bamako: market at the south bank

When we went to the vegetable market at the southbank for buying our food, a lot of kids came to our truck with their trade or just because they were very curious.

Updated Jul 21, 2003

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Bamako: vegetable market at the south bank
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Bamako: market at the south bank

It's nice to visit also other parts of the city and local markets.
At the south bank is a large market with vegetables and fruits.

Updated Jul 21, 2003

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Gathering of local people at the market
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Marketplace in Bamako

It's always busy and lifely at the markets.

The local people is gathering here. And again a lot of motorcycles around.

Updated Jul 21, 2003

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roundbouts in Bamako
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Written Aug 24, 2002

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roundabouts in Bamako,...
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roundabouts in Bamako, monument to industry

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Go and see the traffic...
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Go and see the traffic roundabouts in Bamako.
No, I'm not kidding ... they are amazing.

Written Aug 24, 2002

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Top 3 Hotels in Bamako

Grand Hotel Bamako

 1 Review and 10 Opinions  A large hotel built in the 1950s and renovated in the 1980s. There is a swimming pool which is among... 

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Laico l'Amitie Hotel

 3 Reviews and 10 Opinions  Now Libyan owned and abandoned by the Sofitel hotel chain, the lobby in the late afternoon and... 

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Bamako

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 A large town? No, it is rather a very large village. When you climb one of the very few storey building, you can see the whole Bamako. You are well in Bamako, not in Holland. As far as you can see,...... 

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Bamako - a city in miniature

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 Most people visiting Mali just pass though Bamako on the way to Timbutou or Dogon country. But, to my mind, and I'm biased because I live here, Bamako is one of the nicer cities in West Africa. Small,... 

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Bamako

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 If you arrive In Mali with an international flight, your acquintance with Mali starts in the capital, Bamako... Bamako is a lifely city with a lot of cars and motorcycles. In central Bamako south of... 

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Bamako

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 During the summer of 2006 I spent 6 weeks in Mali, 5 of which were in the capital, Bamako. We stayed in the dorms of the University of Mali, near Badalabougou. I ended up joining a local club team to... 

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Mali's Capital

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 Bamako is usually the starting point of your trip to Mali, as most planes arrive there. It has nothing really not to miss, maybe the market is a good place to wander around and do some shopping, and... 

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