Destinations

Mali with or without Timbuktu | Fiona Dunlop | Mali, Niger River, Timbuktou

If you’re after a mind-boggling ethnic mosaic, being punts down the mighty Niger and seeing mud architecture that could have been designed by Gaudi before he discovered colour - then this is your kind of place

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Mali Passing Through | Jasper Winn | Mali, Niger River, Timbuktou

Our aim was to reach Timbuktu and 'the world's remotest music festival,' a traditional swords 'n' camels Tuareg celebration, with an eclectic range of Malian and western bands booked in to add more noise

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Mali's Festival in the Desert | Amar Grover | Mali, Niger River, Timbuktou

As the sun fades behind a pale gauze of haze and wind-blown dust, campfires flare and little teapots bubble. Veiled men lounge beside workaday hide tents as women chatter and scold restless children

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Notes From Mali | Anthony Sattin | Mali, Niger River, Bamako

What stands out most brightly in my mind are the trip up the river, the music of the clubs of Bamako, the Malian capital, the quiet charms of Segou, the country's second-largest town, and the stunning mud-brick architecture of Djenne, whose mosque has become something of an icon for the country

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