Visionaries

But not only back packers stay at the Sleeping Camel:  many others such as several UN employees who could afford to stay elsewhere chose to stay at the Camel because it is a fun and relaxed place and the food is good too.

I also met these two quite extraordinary people: Matteo, left above,  an Italian architect and Hank, and American engineer and entrepreneur, both here independently putting together projects that they have designed and financed themselves: Matteo is building solar lights from old bicycle frames and thereby illuminating the villages around Cinzana , north of Segou www.eland.org and Hank is building airplanes to help with crop transport www.wings4farmers.com