In Timbuktu, 17th Jan
| It's been a hard-driving few days and we are all exhausted. The final road up takes four hours, and we see one or two other vehicles every hour - mostly Toyota Landcruisers hammering along. You can see them coming miles off as they trail huge plumes of dust. Most of us have had one form of travellers tummy or another, but we're fine. Timbuktu is neither impressive, nor a let-down. Its small and busy and a melting put of desert and sub-Saharan cultures. Everyone wants to know if the car is for sale. We eat late - the ubiquitous chicken and chips... very sophisticated. This is the Hotel Buktu, an old Foreign Legion style fort where we are staying. |
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