Djenné, connected by trade since oldest time with Timbuktu, became one of the most important market places on the old Sub-Saharan trade routes. The Bani River is delivering the most important building material: mud. The bricks of the houses are made of mud, mud is the base of the plaster for the houses. The team´s several journeys during rainy and dry season show the big difference in the looks of this middle-aged town at the edge of the Sahara.