Segou, Mali: Small garden plots occupy the banks of the Niger River.
Segou, Mali: Boatman
Segou, Mali: Boat on the Niger River.
Segou, Mali: Hanging Fishing Nets
Segou, Mali: Jen, Cam and Jeanne go exploring the narrow passages.
Djenne, Mali: Moroccan door
Djenne, Mali: Woven mat
Djenne, Mali: lots and lots of narrow stairways
Djenne, Mali: Rooftop views
Djenne, Mali: Staircase
Djenne, Mali: Looking out on the river.
Djenne, Mali: The world's largest mud mosque.
Djenne, Mali: Mosque
Djenne, Mali: Mosque view behind the transport station. The vehicles here are typical of ones throughout lots of West Africa. People are packed in!
Dogon Country, Mali: Market day, women are pounding.
Dogon Country, Mali: Lodging was on the rooftops.
Dogon Country, Mali
Dogon Country, Mali: Storage structures or waiting witches?
Dogon Country, Mali: Sunrise
Dogon Country, Mali: Meeting house. The ceiling is built low so that in the event that a person gets angry and quickly rises he will hit his head and then remember to be calm.
Dogon Country, Mali: Inside a meeting hut.
Dogon Country, Mali: Lots of kids want to be your guide. Unfortunately, kids have been conditioned by too many tourists bringing pencils, pens, etc. to them that they accost hikers for items.
Dogon Country, Mali: Sunset behind the baobab tree.
Dogon Country, Mali: Straw storage.
Dogon Country, Mali: Hiking across this plain was great. I felt like I was in the middle of nowhere.
Dogon Country, Mali: Looking down on a Dogon village.
Dogon Country, Mali: High atop a plateau overlooking a vast plain.
Dogon Country, Mali: Narrow, natural passage descending from the cliff tops to the bottom.
Dogon Country, Mali: Rock art
Dogon Country, Mali: Tellum (a group of people who were in this area before the Dogon) structures.
Dogon Country, Mali: Tellum Structures
Dogon Country, Mali: Huge conglomerate rocks were everywhere. A former sea?
Dogon Country, Mali: Narrow passage in the rocks.
Dogon Country, Mali: The Dogon villages occupy the base of the cliffs and the Tellum up in the cliff face. How did they go up and down? Some locals attest to human flight...
Dogon Country, Mali:
Dogon Country, Mali: The great cliff walls with Tellum structures.
Dogon Country, Mali: Natural rock staircase
Dogon Country, Mali: Hump-backed cows
Dogon Country, Mali: Baobab tree
Dogon Country, Mali: Donkey with donkey stripe
Dogon Country, Mali: Two tired yet happy guys. This day involved a motorcycle ride out of Dogon (my driver crashed) followed by a long ride in the back of a dump truck.
Bobo, Burkina Faso - Sacred catfish. These fish were gross.
Bala, Burkina Faso: me, Joyce and Patrick
Bala, Burkina Faso:Patrick and Jonathan
Bala, Burkina Faso: Leaves in the water
Bala, Burkina Faso: Boatmen
Bala, Burkina Faso: Going on a hippo tour
Bala, Burkina Faso: hippo
Bala, Burkina Faso: looking at ya
Bala, Burkina Faso: bird and hippo
Bala, Burkina Faso
Bala, Burkina Faso: The hippo tour: Shen, myself, Patrick and Joyce followed by some of Jonathan's students and the boatmen.
Bala, Burkina Faso: Fishing in the hippo lake.
Bala, Burkina Faso: The amazing mango tree with lots of mangoes.
Bala, Burkina Faso: A man and his bike
Bala, Burkina Faso: Who needs a stroller?
Bala, Burkina Faso: This car was packed down: chickens, goats, bikes, motorcycle, lots of people and baggage
Bala, Burkina Faso: and a cow!
Bala, Burkina Faso: Front view
Mole National Park, Ghana: Croc
Mole National Park, Ghana
Mole National Park, Ghana: croc
Mole National Park, Ghana: Patrick's foot in an elephant track. They ravage the ground.
Mole National Park, Ghana: Patrick sitting in an elephant track.
Mole National Park, Ghana: Baboons
Mole National Park, Ghana: warthog
Mole National Park, Ghana: Standing beside elephant skat. This is the only photo I have of my "Dogon" bag - it's a one goat bag...
Mole National Park, Ghana: the ranging warthog
Mole National Park, Ghana: partners in crime (story link below) http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007/03/mole-national-park.html
Mole National Park, Ghana: Python - this one was living near the place where we slept one night...
Mole National Park, Ghana: Python
Mole National Park, Ghana: the shelter
Mole National Park, Ghana: Patrick and I the day after we slept in this shelter.
Tamale, Ghana: Potter
Tamale, Ghana: before firing
Tamale, Ghana: the kiln...
Volta Lake, Ghana (see story): on the Yapei Queen http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007/03/1st-night-on-yapei-queen-lake-volta.html
Volta Lake, Ghana
Volta Lake, Ghana: Yapei Queen
Volta Lake, Ghana: a boy and his boat
Volta Lake, Ghana: local means of carrying
Volta Lake, Ghana: when the lake was filled in the trees were left - this makes for an interesting voyage as the Yapei Queen rarely uses a light at night.
Volta Lake, Ghana: loading yams http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html
Volta Lake, Ghana: when the boat reached yam loading points a local market would spring up
Ghana Coast: Boats offshore of Big Millie's
Ghana Coast: The rope in the foreground of this photo was used by the fishermen to pull their boats out through the surf.
Coast, Ghana: Boat outside of Big Millie's
Ghana Coast: Beach at the Green Turtle Lodge
Ghana Coast: Patrick at the Green Turtle Lodge
Elmina, Ghana: Harbor
Elmina, Ghana: Passage into the dark, slave holding areas. (http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007/04/slave-castles-ghana-coast.html)
Elmina, Ghana: a message to remember
Elmina, Ghana: slave castle
Elmina, Ghana: View of the harbor
Elmina, Ghana: coastline
Elmina, Ghana: Boats coming in
Elmina, Ghana: Slave castle - the cell on the right was well lit and ventilated and used to hold Portuguese guards who had acted up while the darker, stuffy, left cell was for slaves.
Elmina, Ghana: Fort
Elmina, Ghana: Out of a window
Elmina, Ghana: steps to the church
Elmina, Ghana: rice fields
Elmina, Ghana: statue
Elmina, Ghana
These lizards love doing push-ups!
Kakum National Park, Ghana http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007/04/kakum-national-park-ghana-march-30-2007.html
Kakum National Park, Ghana: Patrick on the rope walkway
Kakum National Park, Ghana: in the canopy
Kakum National Park, Ghana
Kakum National Park, Ghana: high above the ground
Kakum National Park: Elephant skull
Cape Coast, Ghana: Canons guarded the slave castle from European invaders
Cape Coast, Ghana: slave shackles
Cape Coast, Ghana: notice
Cape Coast, Ghana: ramparts of the slave castle
Cape Coast, Ghana: cannon balls
Cape Coast, Ghana: inside a slave holding cell
Cape Coast, Ghana: slave holding area - the small, indented strip in the middle is the only sewer line.
Cape Coast, Ghana: through the "door of no return"
Cape Coast, Ghana: slave castle
Cape Coast, Ghana:
Cape Coast, Ghana: boats on the shore
Cape Coast, Ghana: fishing boats
Cape Coast, Ghana
Cape Coast, Ghana: rampart cannon
Cape Coast, Ghana: boat offshore
Niamey, Niger: along the banks of the Niger River with Geoffrey, Patrick, Jennifer, myself and Christine
Niger, giraffes! http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007/04/looking-for-giraffes-april-12-2007.html
Niger, giraffes
Niger
Niger, each giraffe's marking are different
Niger, girafes
Niger: Giraffes
Tahoua, Niger: horse race
Agadez, Niger
Agadez, Niger: turban purchase
Agadez, Niger: Patrick in full garb ready to head into the desert on camels
Camel Trek, Niger: up I go
Niger: Desert well
Niger: the multi-jointed camel leg
Niger: Patrick and camel
Niger: Camel trek shadow
Niger: A true guide always carries a sword...
Camel Trek, Niger: first time on a camel
Camel Trek, Niger
Camel Trek, Niger: yes, camels do drink water
Ouidah, Benin: Fetishes along the slave route
Oudiah, Benin: slavery monument
Ouidah, Benin: Inside the python temple
Ouidah, Benin: voodoo temple
Ouidah, Benin: python necklace
Ouidah, Benin: Patrick with python
Ganvie, Benin: boating out to the village
Ganvie, Benin
Ganvie, Benin: stilt houses
Ganvie, Benin: hanging nets
Ganvie, Benin: market lady - instead of walking about she paddles
Ganvie, Benin: same market structure as found throughout West Africa but this time in the water
Ganvie, Benin: Fresh water fill up
Ganvie, Benin: sunrise
Ganvie, Benin: sunrise paddler
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: View towards the mountain. For the hike up: http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007/05/mt-cameroon.html
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: along the hike up
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: Meghan, Patrick and guides
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: Patrick and Meghan inside a strangler fig
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: the mountain comes out of the ocean - view from the campsite of the first night
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: Magic tree
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: view on the hike up to the summit
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: Summit (guide, Meghan, Patrick, myself)
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: Meghan relaxing on the way down
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: backside of the mountain
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: backside
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: remains of recent volcanic activity
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: volcanic domes
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: lava flows from 1999 or 2000
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: my feet after the climb
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon: Patrick and Meghan all smiles at the end
Limbe, Cameroon: sunset
Sangelima market , Cameroon: shoe repairs http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007/05/sangelima-market-cameroon.html
Sangelima market , Cameroon: fish for sale
Sangelima market , Cameroon: selling baton
Sangelima market , Cameroon
Sangelima market , Cameroon:
Sangelima market , Cameroon: pineapples
Sangelima market , Cameroon: West African fabric is colorful. The tissue is bought and then made into clothing.
Sangelima market , Cameroon: potential location of clothes donated to Goodwill type organizations
Sangelima market , Cameroon: shoes
Sangelima market , Cameroon: tailor
Sangelima market , Cameroon: Patrick in his nice, nice suit
Sangelima market , Cameroon: sharpening a machete
Sangelima market , Cameroon: bananas
Sangelima market , Cameroon: skewers
Kribbe, Cameroon: waterfall into the ocean
Chinguetti, Mauritania
Chinguetti, Mauritania: heading out into the Sahara http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007/05/sahara.html
Chinguetti, Mauritania: into the dunes
Sahara Desert, Mauritania
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: dunes
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: Oasis - shade under the date palm trees
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: Patrick on camel
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: camels and dunes
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: the lone camel
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: view of oasis from atop a dune
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: sand texture
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: Patrick jumping off a dune
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: coming down
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: near the bottom
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: we actually got rained on that night
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: sunrise
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: camels packed and ready to head home
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: the number of trees in the sand surprised me
Sahara Desert, Mauritania: camel shadow
Terjit, Mauritania: the oasis http://guineaswerve.blogspot.com/2007/05/terjit.html
Terjit, Mauritania
Terjit, Mauritania: shed made out of 55-gallon drums, cut for panels
Terjit, Mauritania: the evil eye
Terjit, Mauritania: dates!
Terjit, Mauritania: in the oasis water came out of the rocks
Terjit, Mauritania: water dripped out into the red bucket and then drank
Terjit, Mauritania: lodging
Terjit, Mauritania: sunset
Terjit, Mauritania: sunsest
Coal Train, Mauritania: before
Coal Train, Mauritania: after
Essaouira, Morocco
Essaouira, Morocco: harbor
Essaouira, Morocco: this was the "hotel"
Essaouira, Morocco: ramparts
Essaouira, Morocco: tide pools
Essaouira, Morocco: sunsest
Essaouira, Morocco: sunset
Essaouira, Morocco: a gull and its cannon
Essaouira, Morocco: fishing boat
Marrakesh, Morocco
Marrakesh, Morocco: Jardins Marjorelle
Marrakesh, Morocco: Ruins
Marrakesh, Morocco: stork nest
Marrakesh, Morocco: storks
Marrakesh, Morocco: ruined passages
Marrakesh, Morocco: old irrigation system
Marrakesh, Morocco: ruins
Marrakesh, Morocco: the hotel
Marrakesh, Morocco: orange trees growing up in the hotel
Marrakesh, Morocco: skyline
Jebel Toubkal, Morocco: hiking the tallest mountain in Morocco (and N Africa)
Jebel Toubkal, Morocco
Jebel Toubkal, Morocco: view of the Toubkal refuge
Jebel Toubkal, Morocco: summit
Jebel Toubkal, Morocco: sliding down
Jebel Toubkal, Morocco: snow in June!
Jebel Toubkal, Morocco: river plain
Fes, Morocco: in the medina
Fes, Morocco
Fes, Morocco: marriage chairs
Fes, Morocco: carpets for sale
Fes, Morocco: tanneries
Fes, Morocco: skins out to dry
Fes, Morocco: tannery view
Fes, Morocco: in the tannery
Fes, Morocco: dyes
Fes, Morocco: tannery workers
Fes, Morocco: working the leather
Fes, Morocco: checkout all the dishes
Fes, Morocco: dye
Fes, Morocco: tourist line-up - everyone with their camera. For the faint of smell people crammed mint in their nose.
Fes, Morocco: Patrick enjoying his last bowl of sour milk - can you believe he likes the stuff?
Chefchaouen, Morocco
Chefchaouen, Morocco - ruined mosque
Chefchaouen, Morocco: goats in trees
Chefchaouen, Morocco: kif in the rif
Chefchaouen, Morocco: typical Moroccan sandals
