CURRENT MISSION

local tour guide in timbuktu

ABOUT ME

i'm a tour guid and also student in mali but currrently i'm in timbuktu for the job of guid in the town and also in the desert
sightseeing in timbuktu is undoubtedly a wonderful experience, but without the assistance of an experienced guide, one cannot fully enjoy the tour across the desert surrounding the city. you need an experienced guide who can give a taste of desert life by arranging an overnight stay in a camp and experiencing the desert by moon light. i can arrange any of the followings for you:

*tour of timbuktu city *cruise on the niger river
*tour of salt mines *cruise to mopti by boat
*tour of touareg camps *excellent cuisine
*tour of mopti
*tour of dogo

PHILOSOPHY

living positvely,in a rapports and peace should be the philosophy of any humain creat.
love the people 'cause you are a person and my drug in this world is to contrived myself to discover more lovely people arround this little villages which we call <>

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

by a friend who lives in french and who spend one month with me in my spare room, and we sharing everything together.
and this is one more step to knew about mali
mali is not the place to go for safaris, wild animals or natural forests. what it does have is a variety of surreal landscapes, beautiful artwork, unique mosques made entirely of mud, pink sandstone desert dunes that look like scencs from lawrence of arabia. all this and the change to say that you've been ti timbuktu and back.

Unfortunately, mali is rapidly being swallowed up by the desert and is still suffering from the after effects of a drought of biblical proportions. this has contributed to making it one of the five poorest countries in the world with a high infant mortality rate, extensive malnutrition, low levels of literacy, and a short life expectancy. malians are by nature and circumstance a strong enduring race. their passion for their homeland and traditional way of life may now be sustainable, thanks to the discovery of deposits of gold potentially large enough to left the country out of its economic doldrums.
All of these popular tourist spots are more than six hours away from Gao, but many of these places can be visited, along with Gao, in a great week-long or 2-week circuit.

Bamako - Mali's Musical Capital City
With over one million inhabitants, Bamako is Mali's most populous city. There is always something going on in Bamako, a city that is especially well-known for a hot live music scene.

Just think - Salif Keita, Habib Koïté, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Baba Salah, and Oumou Sangaré all call Mali home. It's not unheard of to catch one of these fantastic performers at the music clubs that dot Bamako.

Bamako also has a wonderful National Museum, a bustling artisanal marketplace, and many European-style and African restaurants. Add onto this, world-class accommodations at hotels, like the Sofitel, Kempinski, and Salam, and you can easily see why a visit to Bamako is nice for any vacation.

Ségou - The Heart of Bambara Country
Ségou, the site of the ancient Mandé Empire, is a quiet and charming Niger River town. Located only three hours from Bamako, Ségou is a bustling regional capital.

Ségou has a wonderful mud-cloth (called "bogolan" locally) workshop that tourists can visit and is also well-known for producing creative clay pots and vessels. Visitors can combine a Niger River cruise with a visit to a pottery village.

Additionally, the Festival Sur Le Niger has burst prominently onto the Malian music scene in the last two years. With concerts on a barge in the Niger, the festival is wonderfully produced by a Malian-Dutch couple that own a hotel in town. In 2006, the festival attracted the biggest West African music stars, like Habib Koïté, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Baba Salah and Sekouba Bambino. The festival is held the first weekend in February. Check out their website www.festivalsurleniger.com for more details and the musical line-up for next year.

Djenné - The Largest Mud Brick Building in the World
The mud mosque at Djenné is quite simply unforgettable. It is the largest mud-brick building in the world and a stunning wonder to be seen. Built in the Sudanic-style, this exact mud mosque dates from the early 20th-century, although the site held a similar older mosque before this one.

Non-Muslims are not permitted inside Djenné's famous mud mosque

Lucky visitors may be able to visit during the annual "re-mudding" of the mosque. As can be imagined, mud washes away during the rainy season, so every year the entire town comes together to re-mud the mosque. Check with the OMATHO-Mopti bureau or with tour operators for details. The "remudding" depends on annual water levels but generally occurs somewhere between February and April every year.

The annual re-mudding of the Djenné mosque

Mopti / Sevaré is the easiest jumping off point to visit Djenné. It is quite easy to rent a 4x4 in either of these towns for a day-trip to Djenné. For the budget-oriented travelers, public transportation to Djenné is a bit sparse, except on Mondays, which is Djenné's normal market day. Pick up a "neuf-place" Peugeot from Mopti to Djenné on Mondays and return the same day.

A visit to see this wonderful mosque will certainly be a highlight of your

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i've never try to couching somewhere but soon i will try because i'm gonna traveled with the tourist who wanna make the tour of africa with me and at very easy and cheaper price like two friend who's exploring the world together

Interests

every one in this world are borther or sister.in somewhat this is a dream that i think every humain creat wish , the world to be a little villages in so that where ever you go or you wanna go to feel like you are leaving your family and backtracking in your family. i spent my whole live to looking for friends 'cause friendship are everything in this this world of competition as bob marley has said that is the reason why i'm inscribed in couchsuring

• animals
• concerts
• festivals
• clubbing
• boating
• pottery
• music
• live music
• camping
• tourism
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

my traditionnal music is the most lovely music that i hear but i don't dislike the others

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

my past time i spent in the desert with a friend or alone sometime to better to see the things in my life

Teach, Learn, Share

tuareg and songai langa its what i can teach to foreigner whose come in my town to better knew the place

Countries I’ve Visited

Senegal

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mali