Boat ride on the Niger

Over the weekend some friends of mine went on a peroge ride. Peroges are the flat bottom river boats that take you across the Niger River. Here are some photos from my adventure! Enjoy!!


Leaving Segou on the boat ride


Me, on a boat


Boat traffic


Mark and I on a boat


Cows at the river


Women doing dishes and laundry in the river


Our boat taking on water


A woman carrying two pots on her head


Some babies eating rice with their hands


A hungry hungry (fake) hippo