Scenes on the Road

So normally I get between Bamako and Mopti by this terrifying little 16 seat plane and while not pleasant, is at least fast. However, all 16 of these precious seats were booked for my return this trip which meant I had to go 7 hours by car.

The trip started at 5am.

I actually really like road trips, especially on roads I've never been on. I get a kick out of happy little scenes including "small child on a large bike" "man in parka in 100 degree weather" "yet another child with a tie-dye Obama shirt" "Absurd amount of people/cargo on a small motorcycle". However this time I had a real favorite-- "extremely dignified old man dressed in robes, with perfect posture, riding really slowly on a motorcycle."

Unfortunately I couldn't get pictures of any of these scenes because in contrast to the dignified old men, we were going absurdly fast.