Hi folks - I've been planning this trip for several months, and the time for departure is nearly here.
I will be going to Bamako, Mali for about 10 days in February, 2008. The purpose of the trip is to attend a conference on earthern architecture. The conference is sponsored by ICOMSO and the Getty Center in Los Angeles. http://www.getty.edu/news/press/center/mali_release.html There will be over 300 attendees, from all over the world. This conference is held every five years, somewhere in the world, and this is the first time it has been held in Africa. My boss, Jerry
Jackman, attended this conference in England, 5 
years ago.
After the conference meetings in Bamako, there will be field trips out to the hinterlands of Mali. Destinations I will visit on the trip option I selected include the Dogon area (amazing earthen architecture structures, a world heritage site) and - ta da! - Timbuktu! Read more about Mali here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali (maybe more than you want to know!) Using the Human Development Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_development_index, Mali ranks 173rd out of 177 countries ranked. A real challenged place.
After Mali, I'll fly to Casablanca and meet Kuldip there. We'll travel to Fez and Marrakesh for a couple of weeks, then I'll return home and Kuldip will continue on to other countries in north Africa. He is aiming for 100 countries visited, and has 52 or so now. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco for lots of information on Morocco.
I will be going to Bamako, Mali for about 10 days in February, 2008. The purpose of the trip is to attend a conference on earthern architecture. The conference is sponsored by ICOMSO and the Getty Center in Los Angeles. http://www.getty.edu/news/press/center/mali_release.html There will be over 300 attendees, from all over the world. This conference is held every five years, somewhere in the world, and this is the first time it has been held in Africa. My boss, Jerry
Jackman, attended this conference in England, 5 
years ago.After the conference meetings in Bamako, there will be field trips out to the hinterlands of Mali. Destinations I will visit on the trip option I selected include the Dogon area (amazing earthen architecture structures, a world heritage site) and - ta da! - Timbuktu! Read more about Mali here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali (maybe more than you want to know!) Using the Human Development Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_development_index, Mali ranks 173rd out of 177 countries ranked. A real challenged place.
After Mali, I'll fly to Casablanca and meet Kuldip there. We'll travel to Fez and Marrakesh for a couple of weeks, then I'll return home and Kuldip will continue on to other countries in north Africa. He is aiming for 100 countries visited, and has 52 or so now. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco for lots of information on Morocco.
I'll continue to post updates here, now that I've figured out how to use this blogger!
4 comments:
Have fun sis! I love you.
Hi Sally, what is it like?
hello Sally,got your message that you would be taking the city tour soon. Becky and I went to Berkeley today--fun. Mom is fine. What is the weather like?
Hi Sally, on your way to Timbuktu are you? You are on an organized tour? Have fun and I can't wait to see photos.
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