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Yes, we did cross this mud and ... the border !
sachara Says: It was not easy to find a good place to cross this muddy river. But both cars did it finally without getting stuck in the mud.Except to cross this river, we...
Women on their way to the market
sachara Says: On our way from Kayes to the north we didn't see any other car on the tracks, but at the first part we saw some donkey carts.After we left town this was the...
sachara Says: While travelling to the north from Kayes to the Mauritanian border, the tracks often entered the villages.We liked it allready so much to drive in the rough...
sachara Says: Our 22 years old Toyota Landcruiser did a good job at this route from Kayes to Mauritania. Without any problems it conquered al the sandy tracks and the...
sachara Says: Travelling from Kayes to the north we had to cross several riverbeds. In the southern part of our route they were all dry, but in the north we had to cross some...
Approaching another dusty village
sachara Says: Travelling from Kayes to the north to the Mauritanian border, we passed several villages. It was a very dry and dusty area, we crossed.So our cars produced a...
Is this the border river with Mauritania ?
sachara Says: About almost seven hours after we left Kayes we reached a muddy river, which we had to cross.Boys and girls were washing and bathing in the river, but couldn't...
Sandy tracks in the north of Mali
sachara Says: Further north the tracks became more sandy than the ones more south near Kayes. Also the vegetation changed. I liked this part of the route and the fact to...
sachara Says: After another hour and almost seven hours away from Kayes, we still didn't reach a borderpost at the Mauritanian border, but we entered the next Malinese...
sachara Says: After crossing the river, we drove for a long time in dry and dusty plains. From far we saw a large mosque in pastel colours at the edge of a small village....
Cows and camel at the rivercrossing
sachara Says: The man who guided us out of the village showed us the place where we could cross the water before he went back to the village. At the other side of the water...
sachara Says: On our way out of the village we reached a river or pond. It was very scenic with lots of water-lillies in itAt the riverbank we saw a concrete draw-well. We...
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The area north of Kayes is a grassy Sahel area, stretching along the southern part of the Sahara desert. There were no roads, only tracks, which we could not...
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In 2004 I visited Mali for the second time, when we travelled from Senegal, the Kidira - Dibolo border to Kayes and from there to the north to Mauritania. Form Kayes to the north we followed a track,...
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