Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure
Alice Morrison, Arabist and explorer, journeys along Africa's infamous salt roads from Morocco via the Sahara Desert to the legendary city of Gold, Timbuktu.
Alice Morrison, Arabist and explorer, journeys along Africa's infamous salt roads from Morocco via the Sahara Desert to the legendary city of Gold, Timbuktu.
Timbuktu - a place so mysterious, mythical and far, far away that it has become a legendary destination. Alice Morrison, Arabist, writer, explorer and Marrakech resident, follows what was once one of the world's richest trading networks - the infamous salt roads - across north Africa from the top of Morocco to the fabled sandstone city of Timbuktu. Trekking 2,000 miles across some of the deadliest landscapes on earth, Alice journeys deep into the history, culture and civilisation of both ancient and modern north Africa..