Extraordinary adventures from long drive back from Festival au desert in Timbuktu to Sévaré, a ride across half of Mali. Starting early in the morning and arriving late in the evening to find there is no place to crash. What would you do?
Tag Archives: Desert
Photos from Festival au Désert 2010
7 May 2010 – 13:22
Pictures of Afel Bocoum, Amadou & Mariam, Bassekou Kouyaté and Ami Sacko, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Habib Koïté, Khaira Arby, Koudede, Mamar Kassey, Tartit, Terakaft and Tinariwen performing at Festival au Désert 2010 in Timbuktu, Mali.
Obamako
21 January 2010 – 15:28
There seems to be a quiet dissatisfaction regarding the lack of news from this side of the Mediterranean so here’s the briefest of the briefest of headlines – me happy. Very happy indeed. Just in the first two weeks there was so much nice, sweet and utterly good stuff happening to me that I started read more
Top 5 experiences in Mali
1 December 2009 – 20:08
There are many guides and lists detailing top 5 or top 10 must see sites in any single country or region. But rarely will you come across such lists that will not concentrate on most renoved monuments and crowded tourist places. I find most of those lists uninspiring and lacking either imagination or freshness. So here is my stab at producing a list with a bit more salt to it.
Festival au Désert concert pictures (2009)
24 November 2009 – 14:57
Concert photographs from the Festival au Désert 2009 in Essakane near Timboctou, Mali.
Festival au Désert concert pictures (2008)
24 November 2009 – 14:25
Concert photographs from the Festival au Désert 2008 in Essakane near Timboctou, Mali.
Festival au Désert concert pictures (2007)
17 November 2009 – 14:08
Concert photographs from the Festival au Désert 2007 in Essakane near Timboctou, Mali.