Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Off to Timbuktu- not for much longer!!! An ancient landscape and culture under threat from Desertification

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/sep/16/-sp-life-timbuktu-mali-ancient-city-gold-slowly-turning-to-dust

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/sep/16/-sp-timbuktu-portrait-of-a-city-on-the-edge-of-existence-in-pictures picture essay


Timbuktu's open-air abattoir



A real shame, one of the great ancient civilisations is under threat from desertification!

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