The river to Timbuktu
January 2006...
There's now a new 'road' through the desert, North off the tarmac on sandy tracks from Douentza to get to Timbuktu, finishing in a ferry to cross the wide Niger river.
Travelling with Baaba, good friend and driver from Timbuktu, many memories of our adventures together a few years ago in the surreal remote Niger desert North of Agadez were shared again early in January this year during our 4x4 journey around Burkina Faso - or on the frequent puncture repair stops while continuing into Mali.
But, is our Tuareg driver, Baaba really a Bozo fisherman at heart?!
Strange the quiet of the luminous waters, reflected into a luminous sky, after hours of grinding through all the corrugated sand tracks and acacia thorn trees.
posted by Paul @ 12:51 PM
7 Comments:
What you are doing is amazing. I would like to chat with you.
christopherkingesq[at]yahoo.com
Keep up the good work!
Thanks, Christopher! Sorry it's slow adding to the blog.., more added bit by bit..-> watch this space! :-)
OK, it's a bit slow adding to it this week, but I'll keep going until I finish!
Paul,
Your blog has been quite useful as we are doing a trip to Mali next November. Hope I can manage to do the shesh correctly!
Please, keep us posted with news from Tombouctou and Gao.
marcopolosiglo21@gmail.com
What a fascinating life you have. I'm completely envious. Wonderful blog and the pictures are just stunning. :)
Thanks Violet Girl !
I'll be back in Timbuktu in July(the 4th time since last November). Our Living Cultural Storybases non-profit org, trying to help revive traditional cultures, is putting on a multimedia exhibition around Tamacheq stories that the Tuareg team have collected in Timbuktu and the desert surrounding.
What you are doing is amazing. I would like to chat with you. You have a fascinating life. I'm completely envious.
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