transport in Mali

The transportation situation here is not like Europe where you wait at bus stops you have to get a taxi or the local bus which I don’t recommend if you can pay a bit more for a taxi you can try it out but it get so pack and it stops everywhere for new people to get on board.
Most people ride on scooters every where, I think there are more scooters than cars and all of them don’t wear helmets I have just seen two women with some on
I have noticed that traffic don’t stop for pedestrians to cross on the zebra so one must be careful when crossing the roads also even there are places that people have to forcefully push their luck to cross the roads. I have been quite scared few times when the guy I am walking with asks me to cross and all of a sudden we see cars everywhere and I get freaked out
There are other forms of transport that I have encountered as well donkeys pulling carts I suppose its very practical but the poor donkey, one I saw today really seem fed up but I suppose that’s where the expression work like a donkey comes from.
I have decided to make my own decisions about travelling because my guide Nahoam seem to think I want taxis everywhere I am sure that is what they are use to people visiting so I told him today that I like to walk to places unless its very urgent to get to somewhere in time its ok to walk, it help me get my bearing I don’t think he likes walking much but I do or at least want to most of the cars I am sorry to say will not even make it to an MOT entrance which proves a point how we have been spoilt by the throw away culture in the west good on Malians and all Africa cars that I have seen in scrape yards in England looks new to some cars that are running here in Africa.
We are all going on about global warming and we keep on using the earth resources to maximum and don’t even get optimum usage out of what we take from the planet
I think most western leaders should like Mali,Gambia, Ghana etc to help them come up to date with what the world is really is.
Mr Blair please visit Mali next time instead of Babados