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The Mali visa and the Sale Fish Market
Martin writes... to complete our full trans-Africa trip, a number of visas are required. Today we applied for our Mali visa in the city of Rabat.

We took the opportunity to use the small boats to cross the river from Sale to Rabat. Along the banks of the river are a number of young men all with a small boat and basic oars. The cost is 1.5Dirham (about 1p) and only takes a few minutes to cross the river. See the video clip for some boating action.

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Video Clip
of the
Fish market

Once on the shores of Rabat, we hailed down two petit blue taxis, licenced to carry three passengers max. Steve & Michele, with the Mali Embassy address hopped in the first taxi and the two of us gave chase in the 2nd. The drive to the embassy was like a rally car race with each driver hooting, braking and accelerating simultaneously. The process for the Mali visa takes 24hours, costs 250Dirham each (£20) and is very easy to complete.
 


Morning sunshine


Our Sale campsite

 


The City of Rabat (in the distance)

Sale in the background

 


French lessons

Old Man of the Sea

 


Vivacious waitress (See video)

Waiting for our fish platter
 

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