Mopti

The colourful town of Mopti is Mali's great inland port city, situated on the Niger River. This gallery contains 38 images of Mopti and its surrounds.

Passengers wait for a ferry beside the River Bani in Mopti Sailing vessels bring goods from downstream inland to the port of Mopti Shops in Mopti near the port The main port at Mopti. Being landlocked, Mopti's port is a lifeline for Mali In the covered markets at Mopti In the covered markets at Mopti - note the roof Livestock at Mopti port Slabs of salt, brought across the Sahara on camels, wait to be loaded onto boats Livestock at Mopti port. The port is a riot of colour, noise and smells A ferry brings passengers into the port at Mopti Unloading timber (fuelwood) at the port in Mopti Unloading timber (fuelwood) at the port in Mopti Basins made from gourd vines await loading onto vessels at Mopti's port Part of the open air fish market beside the port at Mopti Part of the open air fish market beside the port at Mopti Cooking pots in a restaurant beside the port area in Mopti Stirring the cooking pots in a restaurant beside the port area in Mopti The top of original mud brick mosque in Mopti washed away, and is now concrete Within Mopti is a refugee village of Bobo people The Bobo refugee village is on the northern edge of the old town of Mopti The Bobo people lost their cattle in a drought and now re-building their lives An overview of the Bobo refugee village, built on low vacant land in Mopti The port at Mopti The port at Mopti The port at Mopti, with the mosque in the background Children having fun can be seen everywhere in the world A ferry on the Bani River, beside the port of Mopti Close view of the painting on a Bani River ferry Shops and settlements beside the river port at Mopti A small mud brick mosque sits among these houses on the outskirts of Mopti Evening beside the Bani River, near Mopti Evening in Kakalogaga, a village of Bozo people near Mopti Small passenger ferry on the Niger River near the confluence with the Bani River Sunset on the Niger River near the confluence with the Bani River Carrying shopping and child home from the markets in Mopti Unloading the catch of fish in Kakalogaga, a village of Bozo people near Mopti The airport terminal in Mopti Aerial view of a small village to the north-east of Mopti