Next morning we continue on the track and pass lots of villages again before we arrive in Bandiagara. After some food we continue a litle track going in to Dogon Country. The Dogons are very proud of their roots and living close to the nature. They are hard working farmers and during our trip we are impressed of all the women and kids working in the fields. The nature is an incredible mix of dramatic mountains, dry sand, rivers and green irigrated fields. The Dogons themselves are a mix of muslims, christians and animists and there is lots of holy places and interesting history to learn about them. That is why we get a guide to lead us through. A guide is essential to get the background and not do the wrong things, e.g. walk on the holy places. We spend a two day walk in Dogon wih our nice guide and we also se lots of the Tellem Villages that are build high up in the mountains. The Tellems are not here anymore but they used to be a people of pygmees living in small caves in the mountains. They were a strong and mythic people and the Dogons believe they might have been able to fly (or at least use some magic powder to climb in the mountains).

On the second day we leave our guide and continue the journey through Dogon Country with the Lada. We pass some really hard off-roading in the mountains, driving on steep roads and through a rocky piste. When we reach the plains we spend the rest of the days driving trough villages and tons of soft sand. We visit a market and it is fun being with the friendly Dogons. They are always smiling and waving to us. In the evening we reach the last big city before Timbuktu.