After nearly 24 hours on airplanes and in airports, we are in Bamako, Mali! And I will never again take clear air for granted. The sky is gray with a yellow cast from the sun; imagine a foggy day with one-mile visibility and you have an idea of how it looks outside our room window. The air smells like wood smoke (and so does the room, if you don't have the air conditioning on). The room is quite clean, and hey, it has WiFi! Awesome! The beds are FIRM foam, but they sure beat sleeping on the airplane.
I have decided AirFrance has the best airline food I've ever tasted. Speaking of planes, when we arrived last night in Bamako (pronounced Bomb a ko; rhymes with go), we discovered armed military servicemen all along the path from the plane to the terminal. It may be a democracy in Mali, but it is not like being in the USA. I did notice tribal-like crafts, quite primitive at the least, used to "decorate" the drab airport terminal; the American marketing people would not be impressed, but I was by the efforts to improve the surrounding.
I am excited about what today will hold for us. This is the opportunity of a lifetime!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
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