Is Mali off limit to overlanders now?

[Christian P.]

Apparently they have destroyed half of the 16 temples so far. Such a shame, even my mother called me to share her sad feelings.



Why isn't there someone doing something to stop them?

[Christian P.]

And the bad news keep coming in. This makes me sick.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18785895

[Surfy]

I found the blog of a swiss couple, they do the west route currently, and stay currently @ bamoko:

http://www.africandmore.ch/fr/diario...i.newslist.php

Then there are some, who are driving arround mali currently:

http://mikerutter.co.uk/africa/?page_id=47

If you watch these blogs, you see that there are still other travellers arround, who drove through or arround mali.

So i dont see the need, to plan without mali currently. And it is good to know, that there is a way arround - if the situation goes worse.

Mat from "the sleeping camel" leave mali last week, because he dont know how the situation develops, not because it is too dangerous actually.

Same i read out of bruce`s blog @ http://bamakobruce.wordpress.com/ He leaves mali, because he dont know what happen in the future.

[Christian P.]

Great CNN article on the current situation in Mali today:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/...html?hpt=hp_c1

[RangeBrover]

Still safer than Syria at least.