Map of Journey
A Postcard from West Africa
On September the 15th a freighter, The Grande Nigeria, leaves for West Africa. I have a passage. After 9 days I disembark in Senegal. A few days in Dakar, then I go to St Louis - where the survivors of the raft of the Medusa were taken ashore, and is the mouth of the Senegal river which goes all the way into Mali. Then... the Niger! If the rains are doing what they should, and the river is high, I can catch the river boat (comfort levels rudimentary - think African Queen) all the way to Timbuktu - If the river is low, there are always pinasses which, I am reliably informed, are large hand made motorized boats covered with a matted overhang, or, failing those, a pirogue (think punting with crocodiles) which ʻsometimes go long distances.ʼ ... I expect busy tropical undergrowth, hippos, crocs, desert, camels, assorted enigmas, and at the end fabled Timbuktu.
Would you like to be part of my West Africa river project? Hereʼs how you can be! I will draw post cards all the way along and mail them from the nearest mail box. You can purchase a postcard through PayPal by visiting my website - www.alisonneville.co.uk.
I will draw you a postcard and as soon as I find a river side mail box, post it to you. In the unlikely event of your card not reaching you from its riverside mailbox I will be making extras to replace the missing or strayed. You get to chose. I wish to use all your cards for the exhibition, and you will get them back after the show. I would love you to be part of this exhibition.
Would you like to be part of my West Africa river project? Hereʼs how you can be! I will draw post cards all the way along and mail them from the nearest mail box. You can purchase a postcard through PayPal by visiting my website - www.alisonneville.co.uk.
I will draw you a postcard and as soon as I find a river side mail box, post it to you. In the unlikely event of your card not reaching you from its riverside mailbox I will be making extras to replace the missing or strayed. You get to chose. I wish to use all your cards for the exhibition, and you will get them back after the show. I would love you to be part of this exhibition.
Friday, 8 August 2008
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