"A visit to the semi-mythical African town of Timbuktu proves that real travel is all about the journey and the destination.Through the heart of Mali, a land-locked nation set inside the jutting rump of west-Africa, there is a delta. A..."
The Best Travel Writing About Mali
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Articles about Mali
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Timbuktu: A Living Legend
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Greg Cook
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Mali
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Niger River
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Timbuktou
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A Brief History of Timbuktu
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Barnaby Rogerson
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Mali
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Niger River
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Timbuktou
"Timbuktu is a Sahelian city constructed of one part history and two parts myth. It stands just15km north of the Niger river, surrounded by the Sahara desert. It first sprung into the consciousness of the world in the fourteenth century, when the..."
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Mali's Festival in the Desert
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Amar Grover
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Mali
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Niger River
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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. More groups ride in across rippled dunes on..."
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Mali Passing Through
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Jasper Winn
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Mali
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Niger River
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Timbuktou
"The Bittar Transport coach trundling across Mali towards Mopti had once been a German city bus. Inside it still had signs telling us that rauchen was verboten and counselling against hinauslehnen. But outside, above the..."
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To Timbuktou
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Barnaby Rogerson
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Mali
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Niger River
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Timbuktou
"I was slumped on a reed mat that overlooked lush marsh pasture surrounded by dozens of herdsmen. I was being offered what looked like a selection of donkey droppings while my driver, Ousmane, was looking out over the flooded landscape dotted with..."
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Notes From Mali
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Anthony Sattin
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Mali
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Niger River
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Bamako
"Four things are likely to pull you to Mali: the chance of digging deep into the Sahara, of cruising up the Niger River to Timbuktu, of visiting the Dogon, until recently one of the most intact of West Africa's indigenous people, or of feeling the..."
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Mali with or without Timbuktu
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Fiona Dunlop
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Mali
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Niger River
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Timbuktou
"If you’re after cosseted travelling conditions, spa treatment, luxury safari lodges, gourmet feeds and chocolates on your pillow, then Mali is not for you. Even wildlife is not really on the agenda, bar a few hippos and caiman lurking in the Niger..."
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Beer and Bamako
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Greg Clarke
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Mali
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Niger River
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Bamako
"If you listen to travel’s good judges, they will tell you that immersing yourself in a foreign culture is the essence of travel. And, yes, lingering at a footpath ‘restaurant’ sharing a bench seat and simple table with locals is..."
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Before You Die: Dogon Country
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Richard Newton
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Mali
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Niger River
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Bandiagara Escarpment
"Even if you don't believe the theory put forward in a best selling book that the Dogon are linked to aliens from Sirius, the people living in the villages at the foot of the arid Bandiagara Escarpment are unique. Their architecture, their dances..."
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