Leg 60, Niafunke, Mali to Agadez, Niger
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More desert, really there is a lot of it
10-21 Niafunke GANF 5:10 AM
10-21 Goundam GAGM 5:27 AM
10-21 Tombouctou GATB 5:46 AM
10-21 Kidal GAKL 7:40 AM
10-21 In Guezzam DATG 9:23 AM
10-21 Arlit DRZL 10:07 AM
10-21 Manu Dayak (Agadez) DRZA 10:59 AM
Flight time 5:49, 5 stops
There are not many airports in the desert, long flights.
First up, Tombouctou aka Timbuktu
Home of the Djinguereber Mosque, build from earth (banco) mixed with straw in 1327
Regular maintenance keeps it looking great, scaffolding is build into the design
Following the river Niger passing Bamba down there on the left
It’s not supposed to be this full, I guess they had heavy rains up stream
Kidal at the end of the road RN18
More desert views between Kidal and In Guezzam
Soothing colors, very relaxing
It goes on and on and on
Plenty time to add the good parts of earlier flights to https://worldtour.flights/
In Guezzam, brief hop into Algeria on the border with Niger
Niger is 10 miles left of the airport
View down below
There are pictures of the streets flooding, though not often, it can rain pretty hard here
Into Niger, on the way to Arlit
Arlit is a big industrial town next to a huge Uranium mine (Arlit Mine) It looks kinda ugly in FS 2020, a mess on google as well. Ugly mine, so a nice colorful picture of the surroundings instead
However this is what keeps the lights on if your country uses Nuclear power
Continuing on towards Agadez
Better detail here, the awesome landscape is back
Aïr Mountains on the horizon
So much color in the desert
One more before reaching Agadez
Agadez on the rather dry river Teloua
Another town made with banco, mud bricks
As well as the 16th century Grande Mosquée d’Agadez
Tomorrow back North a bit, into the Aïr Mountains