Segou
The town of
The Niger river and scenes from Segou
We found ourselves at the
Hotel Auberge, where we checked in for the night. Stan was the centre of
attention for the locals ,many of whom earn a living taking tourists off the
beaten track, and so were mighty impressed with Stan’s travels. We also met
another couple from the
Our new friends, Renate and Reinout from Vriesland in the Netherlands
The next morning after
breakfast, we took a slow Sunday morning walk through the streets and along the
river bank of Segou. The town has a sleepy, villagy feel, and we loved the
sights and sounds, the women doing the washing in the river and at the same
time having no problem with stripping in full view of everyone and washing
themselves, the kids running towards you and being happy with touching your
white hand, the fisherman going about their daily chores. Segou is also home to
many artists and we just loved chatting to the locals and looking at their
stunning works of art. Even Stewart finally decided to get a souvenir and
haggled a long time only to walk away smiling with an ancient Tuareg sword in
his hand.
Pottery market with Bobo huts in the background
There is an impressive
pottery market on the riverbank, and the many old crumbling former colonial
buildings and tree lined streets recall an earlier era. However, the local
architecture was equally impressive and beautiful with little mud (Banco)
houses rubbing shoulders with more modern brick houses and the grass huts of
the bozo fishermen. As always in
We left about lunchtime for
the capital,
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