Questions tagged [timbuktu]
A city some 20 km north of the river Niger in Mali and capital of the Timbuktu Region.
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Travelling to "Azawad" - is it possible at present?
So in May, infighting in Mali reached an impasse and an independent state (mostly unrecognised by outsiders) was claimed - Azawad. Naturally it's more complicated than that, but the point is, it ...
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From Here to Timbuktu - how do I get there?
The popular statement, " From here to Timbuktu." conjures up images of remote, isolated and distant parts of this earth. The actual Timbuktu is in Mali, but Wikitravel doesn't offer much in terms of ...