| Page Views: 2,093 Last Visit to Bandiagara: November, 2000 | Starting point of Dogon Trip by chrisvandenbroucke - last update: Feb 16, 2004 |
From Mopti we rode with a 4x4 to Bandiagara on a sandy road.
Bandiagara is two hours (75 km) away from Mopti
We changed cars and a big Peugeot brought us to our first Dogon village: Dziguibombo
We had a good guide, called Dogon, and he explained us a lot about the local customs |
|  | Chef de village Normally, visitors should give cola-nuts to the chef de village. We had bought them in Mopti (8000 CFA/1 kilo) and handed them.
The nuts gives the local people energy (they say) but when they chew enough of them, the nuts work like drugs |
| | Food in Dogon country During our 4day trek, there's wasn't much variation.
We either had chicken for diner and spaghetti for lunch or the other way around.
For breakfast we had bread, tea of coffee and some kind of fried flourballs. Not bad |
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McCoq Wed Mar 1, 2006 18:53 UTC
Good work with the Dogon Country tips. I really loved Benigmato's views...the sahel, the falaise, sun, rocks...amazing. If u can, next time u return to Dogon country visit Ibi and Neni (if u havn't already done), i find these towns are worth to visit;) | zrim Wed Dec 22, 2004 21:57 UTC
Great account of the Dogon country. I hate those dang Togunas--I hit my head more than once. | yumyum Thu Dec 16, 2004 16:13 UTC
I absolutely loved my trek in Dogon country although it was very tough due to the heat. Great pics. | sachara Sat Oct 9, 2004 23:44 UTC
This looks like a great trek, Chris. De Dogon is fantastisch, Ik heb er helaas maar 1 dag rondgewandeld |
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