AT MOPTI

Mopti seem quite busy, it’s got a bay like natural harbour, which makes it quite busy.
We stayed just one night and in the morning went for a walk and then explored the city including a trip to the local market for more supplies for our trip to the Dogon,we got back to our hotel and got our bit and made it to the station.
At the station Paul thinks we’ve been messed about at places so we should not pay our fare till we know when we are leaving so the man at the ticket office is not happy but we have waited an hour so Paul went to look for a taxi to take us ,on his return we got our bags and left but we were followed by one guy from the station who wanted to make an issue about us taking a taxi which was not in the union or whatever we eventually left in this car with lot of wet seats but it worth every bit of it so we go to Bandiagara and checked into a hotel and in the eve decided to cook some food, but the desert sand has got into the stove so it was cooking very slow so I went out and found a family who allowed me to use their kitchen for a bit and I paid them some money for their fire and generosity.
We found some guys to do business with about a guide to the Dogon country and arranged all the bits involved. We were glad we got a good deal and a good guide so we set off to The Dogon the next morning with Samba Timberly