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Old 20 Aug 2022
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Mali (Bamako) - Russia (Moscow) by car.

Hi travelers!

In the next month, I plan to travel by car from Bamako to Moscow.
In 2020, I had to stop the Moscow-Cape Town expedition due to the pandemic, leave the car in Bamako and fly home. Now you need to return home with the car.

I am aware of the tense situation in Mali. I know that the situation is very bad now and the roads have become much more dangerous.
To get out of Mali, I expect two ways:

1. To Senegal via Koundama border checkpoint 12.929968, -11.380009
2. To Mauritania via Gogui border checkpoint 15.697367, -9.318228

Does anyone have up-to-date information on these routes? Is there anyone who rode these paths in 2022?

I would appreciate any information and advice!
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Good question.
I don't think anyone here has done this route for some time and suppose it depends how confident you feel once on the ground.
I would have thought either crossing could be reached in one long day from Bamako, if necessary. Both are sealed afaik.
And Mauritania direct = one less crossing/visa.

A good page to get freaked out is
https://acleddata.com/10-conflicts-t...d-year-update/

But you will see even the RIM crossing is quite a way from the active zone, and Koundama even more so.

Another place to ask is
https://thesleepingcamel.com/
in Bamako who I am pleased to see are still in business, judging by last post on their FB 2 days ago.

Seeing as it's common for normal overlanders to overestimate overseas risks, I would not be surprised if your crossing to RIM went relatively smoothly, checkpoints notwithstanding.

Or, if I have that completely wrong, you could get SW to Guinea in a couple of hours and join the current overland trail there up to Senegal etc.

It took me 1.5 years to recover my moto from Morocco.
Mali is another thing entirely. Good luck!
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Thanks a lot, Chris!
I'm sorry I didn't answer right away.
I returned the car from Bamako. It was a very dangerous adventure. I prayed unceasingly all the 450 kilometers to the border with Senegal. It's really dangerous in Mali right now. Highly!
I have traveled 17,000 km and now I am at home in Moscow.
Sorry for the bad English, but I translate through Google))
Tell me, are you the author of a book about motorcycle travel?
Is that really you?!
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Thanks a lot, Chris!
I'm sorry I didn't answer right away.
I returned the car from Bamako. It was a very dangerous adventure. I prayed unceasingly all the 450 kilometers to the border with Senegal. It's really dangerous in Mali right now. Highly!
I have traveled 17,000 km and now I am at home in Moscow.
Sorry for the bad English, but I translate through Google))
Tell me, are you the author of a book about motorcycle travel?
Is that really you?!
I'd love to hear more details about this adventure, especially now that you're back home safely.
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