Fourou Village by Bike. Mali. Dec. 07.

We hired these bikes from 3 local guys that worked with us
at the Syama site and went and explored the surrounding
countryside and the local village of Fourou.

Waiting for an action shot.

Not quite the worlds fastest Indian.

The main street of Fourou.

Typical village scene.

This guy stopped for a pic too.

Father and son in front of their little store.

These boys were very friendly.

There was always someone interesting along the road.

Women gathering firewood. The men were all sitting in

the shade.

Curious kids on the road into the village.

These kids came to check us out when we stopped.

More curious boys.

Fuel stop. Petrol was sold to us in old whiskey bottles.

Boys watching over their cattle.

The village well.

The villagers made everything out of mud & straw.The

little hut on the left was used for food storage.

We came to this river, where the only way to cross was by

these little boats.This guy even took his scooter across with

him.

Some friendly farmers came over and posed for this one

when I stopped on the side of the road.

Syama Mine Site, Mali. Nov.06 to July 07.

Official opening of the project.

Malian army were present during the official opening by

the President.

Malian hunter, was used for site security.

Standing near the airstrip with ore stock pile behind.

Team working on the crane.

Rigging the Manitawoc 4100.

Removing old tower crane.

Cutting off the counter weight arm.

Top of the tower crane.

Our quad bikes with coca cola tool boxes mounted on them.

Malians cleaning out a floatation tank.

View of the main part of the plant.

My Malian team.

Working on the Jaw crusher.

Eric, the crane driver from Ghana.

George, a rigger from Ghana. He could climb like a monkey.

Supervising can be tough going at times.

3 Kiwi's with the Ghanaian & Malian workers.

Dismantling this unwanted building.

My Ghanaian friends. Spot the white dude.

A couple of interesting characters I worked with.

(The hecklers from the Muppets)

We constructed this new water tank for the camp.My guys

really enjoyed learning new skills.

On my 3rd tour to Mali I gave up my quad bike for this

new land cruiser.

Refurbishing jaw crusher components.