Author Archives: Marko

How often do you change your plans?

No, really. How often do you change your plans? Because I came to realize I tend to change them constantly. At least lately change of plan seems to be the phrase of the day… 😉

Another change of plan?

Surely not another passage to Europe? Is it possible? Apparently it is. And after all plans are there to be changed right? 😉

A revolution behind the scene?

Following up on collecting new specimen for my visa collection it was time to see what could be done with Benin visa. You see Benin is a bit special. As they do not have that many embassies around the region.

RTS: Bureaucracy

African bureaucracy has the stigma of being one of the worst known to humanity. And today I had a go at it myself.

RTS: Sewing Prince from Sierra Leone

Another afternoon at playing cards. Just like all the others. Them playing and me getting bored after a while. So I decide I might as well pop by the local cyber café.

RTS: Brown towel

Ridding in an old battered up taxi trying to reach a guy that can fix me multiple entry Malian visa we came to a standstill. Just another of Bamako’s famous traffic congestions.

RTS: Random travel stories

There are some random little stories happening to me that I want to share with you. Stories that I deem worth sharing but are not really what other entries are. So I figured I need to distinguish them from the others. And I came up with acronym RTS. Random travel stories. Short and out of read more »

Bamako, 41°

So I am back. And after two weeks of winter in Europe I am not used to the heat anymore. And hot it is. And me all sweaty. Taking the shower after shower just to cool me down a bit.

Festival sur le Niger

I knew about Festival sur le Niger since my first visit to Mali but never had the time to stay long enough to actually participate. With the Festival au desert taking place in the beginning of January and the Festival sur le Niger being staged at the beginning of February it would mean spending a read more »

A new career path?

When everything is good it can only turn better right?;) It certainly seems so to me…