aerial view of the desert - Mali

Amazing views as I flew from Gao to Bamako, in Mali.


I was lucky enough to get a seat in the cockpit for part of the way.
Impressed by the pilots...



This was my 2nd time in Timbuctu...last time travelled by boat and went to the desert.









Views from the plane - journeying from Gao region, north-east Mali, via Timbuktu and Mopti to Bamako, the capital