Mali & Niger 2006 > Mali / Burkina Faso / Niger > Timbuktu

Posing for the camera. You must realize that in every town and village, touristed or not, we were mobbed by dozens to hundreds of little kids. They all asked for handouts, of course, but they never seemed terribly put out that we didn't give them stuff. We were simply more entertaining to watch than a stick and a hoop.
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