Flying in the face of danger at African Cup of Nations (32)
- 30 Jan 12, 02:29 PM
I am a big fan of the having been lucky enough to cover the tournament three times, in Mali in 2002, Tunisia in 2004 and Angola in 2010.
Of these, the most enjoyable was the first, and without question the most inaccessible place I have ever watched a football match was in the heart of the Sahara desert in western Mali in Kayes, a town of about 100,000 people.
According to my guidebook, Kayes was noteworthy for one thing; being Africa's hottest town. Kayes, more than 300 miles from our 大象传媒 base in the capital, Bamako, was not accessible by road at all.
Only a driver with an intimate knowledge of how to survive in the desert would attempt to cross all those miles of the Sahara in a vehicle, and even then it would take days.
Continue reading "Flying in the face of danger at African Cup of Nations"
