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In Timbuktu I could not help but face the very same realization that the many European explorers faced when they finally reached Timbuktu: it is just a motley collection of mud huts in earth’s most inhospitable desert. That being said, there was something glorious about reaching the unreachable. Timbuktu is, to this [...]

The journey to Timbuktu could not have been more perfect.  After doing so much reading before the trip on the countless well equipped, well funded, bad ass expeditions that set out to reach Timbuktu over the centuries, our leisurely time on the river could not have been more lackadaisical or without worry.
We had arranged to [...]

The Festival au Desert was as stunning visually as it was musically, and I do not state that lightly. These are a few of my favorite shots, taken from the stage and the dunes over the course of the three day festival.
I recommend listening to a classic song by Vieux Farka Toure while browsing these [...]