Last Saturday was the yearly crossing of the Niger by the Fulani herdsmen and their cattle- hundreds of thousands heads of cattle swam across the river from the northern to the southern shore- the dry season is approaching and the grazing is finished in the northern regions closer to the Sahara. The dry wind Harmattan blows.
This it THE spectacle of the year: and what did we do? Lured by the bright lights of Bamako yet again we spent the weekend in the city buying yet more air conditioners, pillows and kettles..