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Hippo Swimming

Slow boat to Timbuktu

Source: The Guardian

A travel writer explores the contradictions of Africa’s Niger River as it flows through Mali to the ancient city of Timbuktu.

This entry was posted in Heroes and Quests and tagged Culture & Society, Science & Nature on August 1, 2015 by Mikki Gibson.

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