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Mali holidays

September 2016

  • Camel train in the Sahara.

    Why I love …
    ‘The most remote, alien place on Earth’ – Nicholas Jubber on the Sahara

    Living among nomads and camels has given the writer rich insight and amazing experiences but he’s also had to evade banditry and anti-western feeling

March 2015

  • Djinguereber mosque

    A history of cities in 50 buildings
    Timbuktu's Djinguereber mosque: a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 5

    Constructed from the very earth on which it stands, Timbuktu’s oldest mosque stands at the heart of daily life in the ancient city, loyally maintained by the proud descendants of its original builders

March 2010

  • Tinariwen

    Letter from
    Mali: music festival puts Segou on the map

    Guardian Weekly reader Robert Lacville attends a music festival in Segou, Mali's second city

January 2010

  • Letter from
    Mali: a full belly produces a belly laugh

    Andrew Davison heads to a street vendor and shares a meal of rice and peanut sauce

November 2009

  • sledding Siberia Russia

    50 ultimate travel experiences | activities

  • mali

    Adventure holidays: hot tips for 2010

March 2009

  • Mali musician

    Richer sounds

    Kevin Rushby visits the Festival on the Niger in Mali, and meets some of the nation's musical stars

January 2009

  • Briton feared kidnapped near Niger

    British tourist among four Europeans seized on the Mali-Niger border while returning from a festival, official says

December 2008

  • Boatman in Mali

    Slow boat to Timbuktu

  • Tips and trips

June 2008

  • Song and a dance

    Mali and Selville are among destinations for 'musical safaris' hosted by Songlines, the world music magazine

May 2008

  • Youssou N'Dour performing in Fes

    Dancing to a different beat

    Europe's burgeoning pop festivals offer a sunny alternative to Glasto, but for a true flavour of local culture nothing beats these world music events

January 2008

  • Festival au Desert 2008

  • Biodiversity desert footprints

    'McDonald's won't be making an appearance any time soon'

December 2004

  • Glorious mud

    Few names are as evocative as Timbuktu, but Fiona Dunlop found even better places on the way.

December 2000

  • Right up the creek

    Acclaimed writer Emily Barr joins Escape this week. As an appetiser for her new column on the travails of the woman traveller, she recalls a disastrous ferry trip to Timbuktu.

November 1999

  • Dire straits

    Hazel Southam makes a potentially life-saving connection with a primitive people in a land with no phones.

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