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After leaving the Dogon, we headed back to the capital so that we could go to Manatali, in the Keyes region (pronounced Kai), for the 4th of July party. So we left Severe early on the 2nd to get back to Bamako at a normal time, but there was some kind of strike in Bamako so the bus didn't leave until noon instead of 7 am. And since we didn't get into Bamako until late, the rest of the volunteers going to Manatali had reserved a bus without us, so we had to fend for ourselves. There wasn't a direct bus to Manatali, so we had to take a bus to Kita, and then another bus from Kita to Manatali. Unfortunately the road from Bamako to Kita wasn't really paved, and only half the road from Kita to Manatali was, making it a very dirty and uncomfortable ride. The bus from Bamako to Kita was only four seats wide (three seats plus a jump seat) but they seated five people across, and then the bus from Kita to Manatali, pictured here, was just a van where they pulled out the insides and put benches around the edge. I was sitting up front for part of the ride and noticed that the bus was not running on a key, but by wires that had to be jumped each time we stopped. Important things to notice in this photo are the color of my skin (yes, it really is that brownish red, and not from the sun), and the goat tied to the roof of the van. Yes, a goat! When they took it off soon after, we weren't sure if it was ok since it took a while for it to get up and start moving, but apparently this was perfectly normal.