Ian's blog...

For lots of fascinating info about traditional medicine and magic in Mali as well as just some other cool cultural tidbits, visit Ian's blog...http://adventuresinbamako.blogspot.com/.

Tabaski has not been all it should have been. We've been shafted. No grilled meat for us, even though we can smell it cooking everywhere. damn....lesson learned. Its been fun to watch the kids go by, though, all dressed up in their fancy new duds. We've been handing them out fancy French candies that we just tasted ourselves...that explains why they havent been banging down our door...

Namasa

This is the bunch of bananas that Marshalls first real food came from. While snacking this morning, I gave him some to mush in his hand, it quickly went to the mouth and the hungry bird mouth began to form again and again as we gave him more. I honestly think he would have eaten the whole bunch if he could...