You can see us here around 1:12:

https://youtu.be/uH-EWHSCqqo

At 2:00 you can see Michal on the roof of the Beast:

https://youtu.be/1exlB5oaD84

We are back home in Vienna and started processing the (thousands of) photos and videos. Stay tuned, there will be a gallery added to our homepage soon!

Thank you for all the comments on our blog and the support, it was a successful, beautiful and unforgettable trip!

A short summary of the departure procedure at Bamako airport:
1. We arrived quite early because of the shuttle bus schedule and were not allowed to enter the airport building but had to sit on our baggage on the street for 2 hours, feeding the billions of mosquitoes. Discussions about the stupidity of the procedure are not appreciated by the police, Michal is almost put to jail
2. The toilets outside are closed, those inside unreachable, no trees around…
3. After 2 hours we pass the first passport control still outside of the building. Two people are checking the passports, two more are watching.
4. Five meters later the second passport control, one guy is checking the passports, four others are watching him. We have to fill in an embarkation form, bad luck if you don’t have your own pen, there is only one for 250 people.
5. Usual queuing in front of two open checkin counters, delayed by frequent rebooting of the checkin computers and discussions about the weight of the baggage (one guy had 2x35kg!)
6. Passport and boarding pass control No.3
7. Weighing of hand baggage (fortunately the scale is so small I have to balance my bag and can hold half of its weight, the remaining 9kg are OK)
8. Security check No 1. Luckily shoes and belts have to be taken off by a few suspicious persons like Michal only.
9. Arriving in the departure hall. Many arrows around the room pointing to non-existing snack bars. Nothing to eat in the duty free but cheap whiskey at 9EUR.
10. Passport and boarding pass control No. 4 at the gate.
11. Just down the stairs, five meters later outside, passport and boarding pass control No. 5. We have to make sure those poor mosquitoes get enough food.
12. Outdoor security check, all hand baggage is checked by hand (the license plates of the Beast are particularly suspicious)
13. We enter one of the three shuttle buses, the plane is only 20m away
14. The buses go around the plane and stop 25m from it
15. Boarding pass control No. 6 at the door of the bus
16. Boarding pass control No. 7 at the door of the plane, detailed explanation in French how to find our seats. Thanks, we can read, and its not an A380.
17. Its 2am, we are on the plane, and fall asleep.