Timbuktu, Mali Travel Blogs

Bamako was quite nice although sian didn't ...
Feb 9, 2003 (6 photos)

... off for Timbuktu. Sophie and Tijn have taken a short break from the truck and have travelled on to Burkina Faso and we travelled to Timbuktu with Tim and Pascal alongside in their landrover, 2 guys we first met at the Zebra Bar in St Louis. We bushcamped ...

Money problems and marriage proposal !
Mar 3, 2009 (5 photos)

... killed. Things calmed down when a lasting peace agreement was made and it culminated in the ceremonial burning of 3000 weapons in Timbuktu, and the monument, apparently funded by the Chinese government , was built on the spot, and some of the weapons are ...

Timbuktu
Dec 18, 2008 (103 photos)

Timbuktu!    I never thought I would actually walk the streets of Timbuktu.  The three day boat trip here was ....interesting.  The city itself is not very interesting. Outside of the Mosque and some other local sites, there is not ...

Afternoon Tea and Camel Rides
Mar 4, 2009 (21 photos)

... too with the four Hay students who had had a fabulous week, and when we left they were dancing to the Mali band with their Timbuktu penfriends. The next morning we got up early to catch the ferry, but a truck had broken down at the ferry landing - ...

Timbukto via the Niger River
Apr 24, 2009 (3 photos)

... during the day, except stopping at Niafunke for everyone to buy drinks.  Niafunke is the hometown of Ali Fakrah Toure, a famous Mali musician, and I think we even went to his hotel for the drinks. Day Three - Long lazy day on the river, this last ...

the middle of no where
Aug 13, 2007

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Timbuktu
Nov 18, 2005 (3 photos)

... beginning in about 1100 and continuing through the Songhai Empire. One of the first universities was based here, and at its zenith Timbuktu had over 100,000 residents. Word of the fabled city reached Europe in about 1500, and the name became (and still ...

ROAD TO TIMBUKTU
Jan 31, 2007

... started,  Many times we wondered if we were going to breakdown or tip over from being top heavy.  Stopped by the Timbuktu River to wait for the morning ferry.  And with only 2 shirts to keep me warm, I managed to fight off hypothermia in ...

Desert et dromadaire
Dec 27, 2008

Arrivé a Tombouctou, je n avais qu une hate aller dans le desert. Je suis donc parti 8 jours dans le desert (en realite, on a fait le circuit en 6 jours). Le dromadaire est assez confortable meme s il faut renforcer son posterieur pour pouvoir le ...

A night in a Tuareg tent in the desert
Mar 1, 2009 (22 photos)

... mobile phone and trying to get a signal! Too slow with the camera, and we miss a great photo opportunity. Before reaching Timbuktu we have to cross the wide Niger River by ferry, and we are  not expected to reach it before the last ...

Troubleshooting with the Tuareg in Timbuktu
Mar 3, 2009 (27 photos)

... of his family. Then, suddenly everyone was up and away. This seemed to be common practise after any hospitality in Timbuktu - no protracted departures- all the guests get up and take their leave as one. We were invited to take Tuareg tea with ...

Achmed the Camel in a dust storm, thats Timbuktu
Apr 23, 2009 (5 photos)

... to the nomads, not to mention the 1000 camels, 100 of them are named Ahmed. There are very little tourist facilities in Timbuktu, no souvenir shops, not much in the way of Restaurants, little choice of hotels. Guess its not a tourist town. We did find a ...

Camels, Crowds and Wish Lists
Mar 1, 2009 (31 photos)

...   river is very wide and slow moving here , and the ferry travels upstream for about 40 minutes before arriving at Timbuktu. It's really hot and there's no shelter. Some ladies are on board selling very smelly fish, and it's the first time ...

Day 10: The Stig
Jan 20, 2007 (5 photos)

... sports travel (not for the fainthearted - and I include myself) but a fitting way to reach the legendary outpost of Timbuktu. And TMBK2 doesn't disappoint. The streets aren't paved with gold but with sand, and our connecting deal with Aboubacrine Ag ...

Day 11: Night of 100 Gerbils!
Jan 21, 2007 (5 photos)

Morning in Timbuktu and we have until 4pm before the desert trek, so we decide to do the tourist thing - photos in front of the town sign, bartering with Touareg and buying the obligatory T-shirt.    At 4pm we rock up at the edge of town ...

LADY WITH LARGE NAVEL
Feb 1, 2007

Amazing where people travel to just on the romance of a name--Timbuktu, which means lady with a large navel!  Timbuktu is a small sandy dusty town of 15000 people surrounded by nomadic Tuareg tent settlements.  Nothing of great interest or import ...

It probably ISN'T like going to Timbuktu!
Nov 6, 2008 (36 photos)

... was built in the early 1990s (I think) after the Twareg leaders laid down their weapons and agreed to stop fighting to make Timbuktu a separate country.  When the tour was over we went back to the hotel to rest.  Everyone here closes their shops ...

Hideg az ejszaka a sivatagban...
Dec 25, 2004 (15 photos)

... , aztan tenyleg indultunk is... Terv szerint kicsit haladtunk meg tovabb a sivatagba, valahol majd megpihenunk, aztan irany vissza Timbuktu. Szerencsere most az ulesem rendesebben fel lett kotve a tevere, ugyhogy elore mar nem akartam esni, de ettol ...

Day 38 - Mali, Timbuktu Ferry - Day of Risk
Dec 16, 2008

... we passed the other truck who also departed Mopti yesterday.  They are taking 3 full days and 2 nights to reach Timbuktu visiting villages by day and camping on the riverbanks at night.  The slow journey upstream also provided ample time to ...

Day 39 - Mali, Timbuktu - Amber's 28th Birthday
Dec 17, 2008

... start to the day.  It only got worse for Murray and Luke, the usual suspects, cause we pulled into Timbuktu harbor early... actually 4 hours earlier than expected.  Murray was pleading for another 10 minutes whilst we were already on ...

Trip to Tomboctou,Desert,Camel Riding, Timbuktu!
Jan 16, 2006

... everything you eat, especially the bread and rice - you'll be munching dinner, and you'll be feeling 'crunch,crunch' the whole time in your mouth. Everywhere! Anyways - I'm off to explore Timbuktu for a day then tomorrow I go back to Mopti. Au revoir!

Or even some sand with your rice?
Jan 18, 2009 (8 photos)

... city of Timbuktu by boat, we were v excited to eat a proper 3 course meal which contained neither rice or fish heads. Timbuktu, we had been warned, would be a disappointment so our expectations werent high. And its not a particularly pretty town, though it ...

EEEErrrrrrrMMMMM???? Bueno.....
Apr 1, 2007

So, an update on your favourite person. Tomorrow (v.v. early) i head to Port Macquarie in NSW, beach it all the way baby! However all hostels are booked up because it is the easter week(end) so i will either be sleeping on the beach, or if i get lucky ...

Timbuktu
Feb 12, 2007 (28 photos)

... riverboat ride. Up ahead was the river town of Korioumé were I had to get a taxi the rest of the way to Timbuktu. I felt a lot of satisfaction when I'd arrived, as Timbuktu had always been a pretty important milestone in this trip. While driving into town ...

Warren Skis in Hawaii and Climbs Mount Kenya
Nov 12, 2007 (22 photos)

... Rating:          ; ;  B+   Background We spent the day in Timbuktu.  The morning started with a guided walking tour of the town which lasted several hours.  Afterwards I had lunch with ...

3 nap 2 ejszaka a hajon...
Dec 22, 2004 (10 photos)

... ... ez inkabb csak egy kis osszeszolalkozas volt... Az ejszaka es a nap izgalmai utan este 8 korul kotottunk ki Timbuktu kikotovarosaban, Korioume-ban. A tobbiek elegge vartak, hogy odaerjunk, mert nagyon nem ereztek magukat biztonsagban, de semmi nem ...

Warren Helps Gordy With ATMs
Nov 11, 2007 (23 photos)

... Daphne was nowhere to be found.  Grand Pere, our Malian guide, negotiated a bus to take us to our hotel/camp in Timbuktu while a scene of some chaos ensued as we tried to get everything off the boat and onto the extremely cramped bus for the short ...

Timbuktu, Mali, November 11 - 12, 2007
Nov 12, 2007 (86 photos)

... ; Fulani, the cattle-herding nomadic people who mostly live in the Sahel region south of Timbuktu; and the Songhai, the agriculturalist tribe that dominates eastern Mali who claim direct descent from the 15th century regional empire of the same name.  ...

Touareg Nomads and Their Desert Camp at Timbuktu
Nov 12, 2007 (32 photos)

... ; Despite their stories about their involvement in the salt trade and their nomadic movements back and forth between Timbuktu, Taoudenni, and Araouane, I think these guys were tourist Touaregs - people who live permanently around Timbuktu and make their ...

Tombouctou
Aug 10, 2008 (56 photos)

Multicultural, atmospheric town at the border of the Sahara desert.