Dolly has now started working again, this time taking tourists around Djenne in my newly painted cart, driven by Ibrahim.
And today Hotel Djenné Djenno is preparing for an unprecedented invasion of The Beast.
Apart from all the rooms full we have 6 Italians on the roof; 10 Frenchmen in tents; 2 Australian film makers in the reception and I have moved out of my room to make space for 4 Spanish ornitologists. So speak later if I survive... Here goes!