Tombouctou (Timbuktu)

Bienvenue à Tombouctou La Mysteriuse, together with the Sister Cities, Tempe AZ, Chemnitz, Marrakech and Saintes	Ministry of Culture map of tourist sites in Timbuktu	Timbuktu (French: Tombouctou) sits a short distance north of the Niger River on the edge of the Sahara	Nomad tents sent up on the edge of Timbuktu (Tombouctou)
Woman in a colorful dress against the desert	Woman heading for one of the nomad tents	The Sahara comes right up to the edge of Timbuktu	With all the Non-Governmental-Organizations in Timbuktu, there are plenty of modern villas
But most of the buildings are more like this, Timbuktu	Libya has a large presence in Mali	Qadafi sees himself as a patriarch for all Africa	VSF-CICDA Agronomes & Vétérinaires sans frontières, Route de Korioumé, Tombouctou
Along Route de Korioumé, Timbuktu, Mali	Appui au Développement des Régions du Nord Mali, Tombouctou	Timbuktu branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Abba Cisse private school, Route de Korioumé	As soon as they spot you taking a photo, they want money
ikatel: Bienvenue sur le Reseau - Tombouctou	Diverse Malian people in an uprising against the Sun Devil? Native language AIDS campaign	ONG = Organisation Non Gouvermental - Non-Governmental Organization. The Route de Karioumé is lined with them	ONG Chariot - the white Toyoto Land Cruiser, Mali
Bibliotheque Mamma Haidara de Manuscrits, Rue de Chemnitz	Centre de Rechereches Historiques Ahmed Baba	Arabic Calligraphy in the form of a kneeling man	Manuscript library of the Ahmed Baba Historic Research Center
Possibly an old Quran, tough to tell	Tarikh el Fetash by Mohammed ben al-Mutawakil, died 1593	Arabic text	Typical Timbuktu, Mali
People going about their business, Timbuktu	Parti Siege - Progressiste Soudanais - Mali - Union Travail Justice	PSP - La verité finit toujours par triompher	Tombouctou brand mineral water
Tuareg man, Timbuktu	Most of the young Tuareg men that approach you in Timbuktu will have portable shops	Tuareg man with neck purse	Office National des Postes, Tombouctou, Mali (Timbuktu)
Rotary International polio vaccination campaigne, Mali	Place de l'Indépendance, Tombouctou, Mali	Independence Square, Timbuktu	Welcome to Timbuktu - City of 333 Saints
Timbuktu's Dyingerey Ber Mosque	Timbuktu's Dyingerey Ber Mosque	Dyingerey Ber Mosque, Timbuktu	Dyingerey Ber Mosque, Timbuktu, 14th Century
Tuaregs with the Dyingerey Ber Mosque	Tuareg with the Dyingerey Ber Mosque	Tuareg blue	Back side of Dyingerey Ber Mosque
Mudbricks from which Timbuktu is built	Bibliotheque Al Imam Essayouti, Tombouctou, Mali	Ornate doorway, Al Imam Essayouti Library, Timbuktu	Open door, Timbuktu
Window in a similar style, Timbuktu	Well kept houses, Old Town, Timbuktu	Ecole pour les Talibes (Ecole Koranique) Tombouctou	Ecole pour Talibes, Koranic school (Madrasa) Timbuktu
The pupils study Koranic verses written on wooden tablets	Dusty boys at Koranic school, Timbuktu	Koran school outside today	Teacher at Timbuktu's Koranic school
Teacher at Timbuktu's Koranic school	ONG_aedt@yahoo.fr	Hut set up in a ruin, Timbuktu	Alexander Gordon Laing House, Timbuktu
Tuareg with the Gordon Laing House	In contrast to the rest of the Islamic world, Tuareg men are the ones who wear veils	Djingarei-Ber district, Timbuktu	René Caillié house, where a French explorer stayed, arriving in 1828, becoming the first European to make it here and back
Maison de René Caillié, Tombouctou	René Caillié, undergoing restoration by the Ministry of Culture	House of René Caillié, Tombouctou	Now he's got a street, Rue Réné Caille, Tombouctou
Window, Maison de René Caillié	Detail of the door to the René Caillié House	Maison de René Caillié, Tombouctou	Timbuktu street
Madrasah Sidi Yahiya, the school of the nearby Sidi Yahiya Mosque, Timbuktu	Decorated door, Madrasah Sidi Yahiya, Timbuktu	Ornate door at the Medersa Sidi Yahiya, Timbuktu	Hardware store Sidi Yehia, Timbuktu
Timbuktu	Timbuktu street life, Mali	Young man in Timbuktu	Ethnological Museum, Timbuktu - not terribly impressive
The gift shop at the Ethnological Museum, Timbuktu	Heavy anklets worn by slaves of the Tuareg - slavery may still exist in Mali and Niger	Ethnological Museum shop Timbuktu	Interior of the nomad hut on display at the Ethnological Museum, Timbuktu
American entry into the Timbuktu explorer's club - D.W. Berky head the American Trans-Saharan Expedition from Biskra, 1912-1913	D.W. Berky House, Timbuktu	Timbuktu	Timbuktu
Tuareg with the door to Heinrich Barth's house, Timbuktu	Door detail - Heinrich Barth Haus, Timbuktu	1853 German explorer Heinrich Barth House	Heinrich Barth Haus, Timbuktu, Mali
Musée de Heinrich Barth, Tombouctou	Plaque on the Heinrich Barth House	Map of the 5 year Trans-Saharan journey of German explorer Heinrich Barth	Writings of Heinrich Barth
Muamar Qadafi poster, Timbuktu	Painting of the Sankoré Mosque, Heinrich Barth Museum, Timbuktu	View from the roof of the Heinrich Barth Haus, Timbuktu	They're persistent...waiting outside...
Timbuktu	Outdoor oven, Timbuktu	About a half dozen Tuareg stuck with us for the entire walk through the old town	Mud minaret of the Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu
Mosquée Sankoré, Tombouctou	Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu	Minaret of the Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu	Sankoré Mosquée, Tombouctou
Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu	Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu	Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu	Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu
Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu	Timbuktu	Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu	Sankoré Mosque, Timbuktu
Regroupement de Eragagda Takaboundou, Tombouctou	Construction company sign with the outline of Mali	Grand Marché, Tombouctou	Grand Marché, Tombouctou
Salon de Coiffure Katus Beauté	Street market outside the Grand Marché	Tuareg on a tiny donkey, Timbuku	Grands Moulins du Mali
Maison des Artisans, Tombouctou	Artisans center, Timbuktu	Dubai Boutique, Timbuktu, Mali	The commercial street heading towards NW Timbuktu
Rue des Nations Unies, Timbuktu	Rue des Nations Unies, Tombouctou, Mali	Young boy, Timbuktu	Persistance pays off...
That Tuareg wallet is now on my wall	Mud bricks drying in the sun, Timbuktu	Quartier Abaradjou, Tombouctou, Mali	In the northwest corner of Timbuktu, on the edge of the desert, a monument to the end of the Tuareg Rebellion
Flamme de la Paix	Bar-Restaurant Amanar, Timbuktu (recommended)	Bar-Restaurant Amanar, Timbuktu	Mohamed Agousmane enjoying a Coke at Amanar
Bar-Restaurant Amanar, Timbuktu	Flamme de la Paix, Tombouctou - site where Tuareg rebels burned 3000 weapons ending the Tuareg Uprising 27 March 1996	The Flame of Peace, Timbuktu	Camels resting on the edge of the Sahara, Timbuktu
Saharan sands rise beyond Timbuktu	Camels, Tombouctou, Mali	Camel portrait, Timbuktu	Doesn't he look like he's smiling
Camel resting, Timbuktu	Camels parked near the Flamme de la Paix, Tombouctou	Tuareg walks among the camels	Nomad huts in the Sahara on the edge of Timbuktu
The "road" leading out of Timbuktu - Taoudenni, in the far north of Mali - 740km	Tombouctou - Essakane - 70 km	Invitation to visit the Tuareg for tea	Mohamed's house
In the tent for tea with Mohamed Agousmane and his family	Sabine and Brigitta joined me for the afternoon	Tuareg using a bellows to heat the coals	The Tea Maker
Tuareg pouring tea for us	But of course, there are things for sale	The Pushy One	My Tuareg Sword from Timbuktu