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pajaran (115025) 2020-06-30 0:30

Pozdrav.
Danas smo komsije sa fotografijama na TE.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepo mesto sa tradicionalnim kolibama.
Lepo pokazano sa fotografijom u radionici, dobro uhavcen trenutak sa decom.
Lepe fotografije i secanje.
Zelim vam lep dan, sve najbolje.
Paja.


Greeting.
Today we are neighbors with photos at the TE.
Nice view, interesting and good text ...
Nice place with traditional huts.
Nicely shown with a photo in the workshop, a well-captured moment with the children.
Beautiful photos and memories.
I wish you a nice day, all the best.

PaulVDV (62810) 2020-06-30 0:46

Hello Gert,
The person who has written the words 'en panne' in the dust on a glass pane does have a special sense of humour.
I notice how scarce the soil is on the banks of the Niger. Actually not comparable to the banks of the Nile in Egypt, which also flows through a desert.
You were clearly welcomed by the young princes.
Best regards, Paul

papagolf21 (152605) 2020-06-30 1:47

Bonjour, cher Gert,
Encore un reportage solaire édifiant à propos de cette fameuse centrale électrique.
Il semble que cela perdure :
PROJET D’ELECTRIFICATION PAR CENTRALE HYBRIDE
SOLAIRE-DIESEL A MOPTI.
En tout cas, c'est toujours intéressant de connaître l'historique.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Royaldevon (85674) 2020-06-30 3:51

Hello Gert,

These young boys seemed very friendly and not in awe of a white man with a camera! I cannot imagine that they met many white people!

This photograph tells us so much about the rural conditions in Mali, at that time. Everything looks to be 'home made'; the huts, the crockery, the clothes, the mats, all seem like local, natural products.
There are bundles of sticks on the roofs, possibly for later repairs of for burning.

Ha! Ha! This reminds me of our rudimentary camping when we were newly married, without much spare cash! Well, maybe we did have a little more luxury but not necessarily hot weather!!

Your notes made me think what a precarious existence you must have had. You travelled to far away places, with the danger and expense that that incurred, and didn't necessarily have a story in the end. Was this when you were freelancing?

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

tyro (30513) 2020-06-30 4:37

Hello Gert,

I can imagine it must have initially come as a considerable disappointment to you in your professional capacity as a reporter to discover that the power plant upon which you were planning to report had come to nothing other than an abandoned project - but I am sure visiting this little satellite village near Diré at least partially made up for the disappointment.

I very much liked the part of your note in which you describe that you often had to travel "off-piste" and so I can only assume that you either had prior knowledge through research of the whereabouts of checkpoints or else you had a very well trained "nose" to be aware of their likely locations.

And you have shown us two lovely photographs here, a simple one of a lady carrying water from a river to her home and your main one of these two happy young fellows clearly very happy to see a white stranger appear in their midst and standing beside two rather substantial homes. Both are fine photographs and very well scanned too.

I see that one or two others have requested some views of that abandoned power plant and I must admit that I should very much like to see them too - I'm always curious and interested in things mechanical or to do with engineering projects and the like.

Two fine photographs and, as always, an excellent note!

Kind Regards,

John.

jhm (211734) 2020-06-30 6:07

Hello Gert,

I am always very surpriced that the children have pleasure, and big smile.
In own country look at the youg people with a long face, of boredom.
Here the children work ans no boredom
Nice composition and good presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

rychem (72187) 2020-06-30 7:07

A very nice scene, the smiling kids they do not realize that they have lost their chances of good energy through a closed power plant, a good photo reportage
regards Ryszard

GyurMaster (24682) 2020-06-30 12:48

Dear Gert,

You showed us another excellent reportage, something that would have been easily displayed on the NG cover back then. Besides, they are clearly reporting everyday life, the smile of the main upload's subject is really priceless.

Have a nice evening!
Gy.

lousat (138683) 2020-07-01 8:58

Hi Gert,another time a beautiful post from Mali,the childs smiles and the woman in the WS is the best ingredients of the view,very good capture and quality as usual. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

PiotrF (54246) 2020-07-01 15:43

Hello Gert
A very interesting picture from Mali, nice daily life scene from this place. Another great photo from your archive.I like informative notes and good quality.
Good work, fine presentation
Regards
Piotr

emka (157280) 2020-07-01 23:20

Hello Gert, I was interested in about this story of the big solar plant. Why this project was abandoned. I found in G.
that less than one percent of rural communes in Mali have electricity. But located in the town of Kita, 180km west of Bamako, the solar PV farm project will have a total production capacity of 50MW. When construction is completed in 2020, the project will become the largest solar farm in West Africa and one of the largest in sub-Saharan Africa.
Will it be built indeed, and what will be the fate of it?

Fascinating to see these huts in the village and lovely smiling princess.
Best regards MAlgo

ikeharel (112521) 2020-07-02 6:26

Hello Gert,
Its nice to see happy faces from long time ago.
I find the WS picture is an importent subject, telling all a lot about the water situation and the impact on daily life in the region.
As usual, superbly kept picture & well scanned.
Good afternoon,
Ike

Ilonka1974 (10289) 2020-07-02 13:21

Hi Gert,
Great view of beautiful deily life scene.
Nice colours,composition and good sharpness.
Well done.
Best regards
Janusz

mcmtanyel (67757) 2020-07-08 21:36

Hello Gert,
The one on the right looks like a little shepherd. The one on the left might be a prince disguised as a pauper. But what matters is that they look thrilled to be in your photo. 👍🏻👍🏻
Regards,
MT

COSTANTINO (115605) 2021-12-25 22:39

Hello dear Gert
have a nice day for ttoday my friend
I visited your gallery today and I
liked this photo....I red carefully
your useful notes about the hamlet....
a group of houses a small village...
a different life so many years ago...
I am wondering if these boys are alive or not...
regards
costantino