Saturday, February 23, 2013

Safe in Bamako

Patrick and I arrived safely in Bamako tonight around 8:30pm local time (east coast of US is 5 hours earlier). The flight from Paris to Bamako was smooth and the local mission director was there to meet us at the airport. It is a balmy 75 here tonight.

The bags mostly arrived unscathed, except for my big medicine box that I thought was invincible but it definitely was beaten up on the way over! About 3/4 of the medicines were recovered. All of the sickle screening equipment was just fine.

We will have breakfast at the guest house in the morning and then start our 7 hour car trip to Koutiala. We will be heading south, which will take us directly away from the recent turmoil here in Mali.

The pics below show Patrick with all of our bags at the airport and my destroyed medicine box.



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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2013 at 6:11 PM

    So glad you arrived safely and that you and Patrick are heading SOUTH!!

    Boopie

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  2. Mary LouFebruary 24, 2013 at 5:40 AM

    Amazing what can happen to those bags in travel. Have a safe trip and great time in Koutiala.

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  3. dandyFebruary 24, 2013 at 9:16 AM

    Great to see the pictures at the airport - sorry about the medicine box. Now the long ride and know the Hospital will be glad to see you return.
    Mom and Dad

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2013 at 6:28 AM

    Continued prayers for your safety as you travel!

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