Marie gets her sense of wonder back in Mali's mud-brick marvel. Cleans sheets helped

Content she's got to grips with travelling by bus in Mali, Marie discovers she's not so clued up when it comes to motorbikes

Marie discovers there's only one thing you can do when you check in at a hotel called the Sleeping Camel in Mali. Go to a pro-Gadaffi rally.

After a long trip from Mali to Burkino Faso, our intrepid traveller asks whether travelling around-the-world sounds a lot more glamorous than it actually is