Mali Custom Control Office on the road to Kayes Many cars seem to have been confiscated here also this one from Heidelberg… Rather friendly officials The token which opens the boom… By the way Andre is continuously looking for potentially new business for Claas… Give me the token and I will lift the boom The traffic became heavier and heavier on approach to Bamako… Team Lipstick crossed the mighty Niger River In Africa as these embassies have a rather low profile view Lipstick still had to cross a backyard to represent their case for a visa A 1000 Rand page Back to the residence Colourful lights from dishes A parking space in the shade is in short supply in this part of the world Africans are great in increasing the carrying capacity of almost any vehicle Flying Pitstop outsite Bakamo Some B&B’s are smarter than the others Whitney Houston look alike Mali border The Mali border control was actually very fast in African terms “Give me token-I open boom”