We begin our trip on the Niger about a block from my apartment. The group includes missionaries from the USA ,England, Netherlands, and Germany. We started around 3:30 and finished around 7:00 . The boat was a little larger than the fishermen's piroughs and had a top and cushions for us so we were fairly comfortable.
We landed on an island. I have pictures of trees including a Baobab tree. There are also a group of Baobab trees on an island that I took from the boat. You can recognize them because it looks like there roots are on the top of the tree.That is a termite hill that I am standing beside. The houses in the village are made with mud bricks. The garden (left and down 2) is set up in squares so they can irrigate by pouring river water in each square.
The bottom picture on the left is bamboo. On the right are some kind of fruit palm. I tried to show how they use the river. There are pictures of them using it to do laundry, irrigate their crops, and fishing. I am sure that it is also used to move goods but I did not see any shipping on this boat trip.
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