http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2291766&id=13602253&l=94c7c
love Katie
Friday, March 13, 2009
And more pictures
I'm sorry, I've lost my enthusiasm for blogging. But here's at least some more pictures of the last couple of months...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
It's been a while
I think I'm not a natural blogger... I seem to have fallen out of the habit and now it's been a really long time and many things have happened. So for today I'll just post the link for pictures from Mali (which I've finally put up), and on the weekend i'll do a full recap of January. Or at least I'll try to...
Here are pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2282193&id=13602253&l=ec6a4
I hope everything is well and happy at home! Things are good here, just stupidly busy.
love Katie
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Mali is awesome
Hi guys!
Just a quick update, since Sabine is waiting to take the computer when I'm done...
Mali is awesome! Sometimes hugely frustrating, but in general really good so far.
Frustrating:
- It took us 2 days to go 350km.
- We had to cancel going to Timbuktu because of the lengthiness and unreliability of transportation (our bus driver today went on strike, for example).
- It's really cold at night (like really really), and we weren't quite prepared.
- Mali is expensive.
Awesome:
- We actually made it here!
- We spent 2 days hiking in Pays dogon (please google this - it's cool) with our guide Samba.
- People are much nicer than in Benin.
- Mali is quite safe! Due to the bus strike, we actually had to hitch a ride for the last 15km into town - we weren't happy with this, but a nice French man helped us and explained that it's really not sketchy. And the people were nice! They dropped us right downtown in Mopti and wouldn't let us pay them.
- You can sleep on the roof of most hotels for 5-10$.
- We bought our visas for Mali in a tent. And the border people were nice.
- We took a bus ride that was soooooo dusty I actually changed colours! And then had to throw the shirt I had worn away because I couldn't clean it (it started to disintegrate because I rubbed it so hard while washing).
That's a quick summary. I hope you're all doing well!
love Katie
Just a quick update, since Sabine is waiting to take the computer when I'm done...
Mali is awesome! Sometimes hugely frustrating, but in general really good so far.
Frustrating:
- It took us 2 days to go 350km.
- We had to cancel going to Timbuktu because of the lengthiness and unreliability of transportation (our bus driver today went on strike, for example).
- It's really cold at night (like really really), and we weren't quite prepared.
- Mali is expensive.
Awesome:
- We actually made it here!
- We spent 2 days hiking in Pays dogon (please google this - it's cool) with our guide Samba.
- People are much nicer than in Benin.
- Mali is quite safe! Due to the bus strike, we actually had to hitch a ride for the last 15km into town - we weren't happy with this, but a nice French man helped us and explained that it's really not sketchy. And the people were nice! They dropped us right downtown in Mopti and wouldn't let us pay them.
- You can sleep on the roof of most hotels for 5-10$.
- We bought our visas for Mali in a tent. And the border people were nice.
- We took a bus ride that was soooooo dusty I actually changed colours! And then had to throw the shirt I had worn away because I couldn't clean it (it started to disintegrate because I rubbed it so hard while washing).
That's a quick summary. I hope you're all doing well!
love Katie
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