Day 8 : Drive back to Mopti.
Timbuktu is far far away. And the distance seems even longer on the way back. The trip was uneventful except for when one of our cars lost control trying to pass a truck in the sand and nearly ran into that truck. My brother’s first words after getting out of the car were “Dom, don’t ever do this drive again.” It took the first European explorers 2 years to get to Timbuktu. This wasn’t bad. We were covered in dust head to toe though.


(A Touareg "campement" near Timbuktu).



(The road to Timbuktu is long, but there are many ways to travel).