Macclesfields Finest - Africa Overland

From Douentza we awoke slowly and drearily, a sleepless night was had because of the party that was raging around us last night. The Africans like to have a good dance, and they certainly like to do it late! I did manage to dance a couple of songs with the […]

Mopti was an incredibly short in/out affair as we had quite an early start in the morning and arrived here just after lunch. It was immediately obvious that this was the kind of place which although popular with tourists would be rather a difficult place for us. We tested the […]

With my stomach back to some form of normality after a hideous bout of travellers diorrhea, I rose from what I earlier presumed to be my death bed, and we got the the hell out of Bamako. In my opinion it isnt a bad place - its a terrible place, […]

On leaving Kays, there were two obvious routes to Bamako. The first was to drive on the less direct but better maintained tarmac road out towards the north of the city and round south. The second was the more direct and more scenic road that was only suitable for 4×4’s. […]

So we eventually left Tanaf and all of our new friends, and headed tentatively to the Malian border. Our first stop was the town of Kolda, which is known for having the cheapest beers in Senegal - an opportunity we couldnt miss.
For the night we stayed in an odd compound, the […]