This may be your only chance to go to Timbuktu and, worse, the ‘Hell of the Taoudenni salt mines’. Here John photographs stunning landscapes and shows a life lived much as it was a millennium ago when the salt, then literally worth its weight in gold, was first mined. Enjoy, in safety, a primitive journey with three camels and a Moorish guide, the sound of Mali music and other sound recordings.

ILLUSTRATED TALK