{"id":1621,"date":"2008-01-06T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T23:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willdoherty.org\/wordpress\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2024-09-22T03:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T03:08:48","slug":"nigeria-behind-bamako-today-timbuktu-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stardustdoherty.org\/?p=1621","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Behind, Bamako Today, Timbuktu Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I left Lagos the day before yesterday. I was supposed to go on a flight to Bamako on Cameroon Air, but it got hijacked to Ouagadougou by some Cameroon national sports team. So, instead I took a flight to Abidjan, spent another night in the transit hotel at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I begged for the promotional rate on an Air Senegal flight to Bamako this evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, I’m back in Bamako, mosquito territory. Luckily I’ve still been popping the malarone. This time, I snapped some pictures of the beautiful Hotel Djenne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I managed to dine on another delicious vegetarian meal at the amazing Restaurant San Toro accompanied by an almost hypnotic kora <\/em>duet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow morning, I will scout a way to Timbuktu for the Festival in the Desert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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