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From the city centre get a taxi out towards the zoo and ask the driver to take you to the caves near Point G. The taxi driver will probably ask 3-4000 to take you there because its way out of town. Don’t go to the zoo, it’s a sad sight and will only upset you. [...]
The days when Timbuktu was a fabulous and virtually impossible to reach city are now gone. Nevertheless, in my opinion, it is still a very intriguing place, and spending time exploring it revealed several attractions that are worthy of attention.Perhaps the single greatest pleasure of spending time in the area is wandering around, and getting [...]
In a way I wish I’d never seen photographs of the mosque before I’d seen it. Photos I had seen made me think of some sci-fi distant galaxy empire movie backdrop. When I saw the real thing, I still felt the same, but I thought it was stunning as well. There appear to be no [...]
he so-called Dogon Country is not as famous in the outside world Timbuktu or even Djenné. However, it is definitely somewhere that is truly unique, and which in my opinion should be on the itinerary of every visitor to Mali.
The picturesque geography of the area is among the main reasons for spending some time there. [...]
Djenné is rare among destinations in Mali, in that it is both fairly renowned and well regarded, and taking the chance to go there was among my main motivations for visiting the country. The settlement proved to both picturesque and evocative, and actually surpassed my already high expectations.
The city’s history started during the 13th century, [...]