AN ADVENTURE STEEPED IN HISTORY, LEGENDS LOST IN TIME.
For centuries, dreams of riches have lured explorers and adventurers to forbidding corners of the earth in search of lost cities of gold. From the eighteenth-century, Timbuktu provoked a succession of outwardly sane men to abandon their families and the relative comforts of Europe, risking their lives in the quest to uncover a mythical African city rumoured to be paved in gold.
To this day, Timbuktu remains a byword for exotic remoteness, a place of mystique, fables and fantasy. But how do you get there? And what would you discover?
Following in the footsteps of his heroes, those eighteenth and nineteenth century explorers, James Marr, his wife and two friends drive from England to Timbuktu and the 2009 Festival in the Desert. Along the way, James loses his passport in the sand, ruptures the fuel tank on his Toyota 4x4, fortifies the suspension with a pair of flip-flops and wonders if, in the intervening years, West Africa has become any more hospitable. In Mali, abductions and rebel attacks are a portent of the full-scale conflict to come.
Join their remarkable journey today in City of Myths, River of Dreams, uncovering the rich history and culture of this vibrant and troubled corner of the African continent.
This 2024, republished edition of City of Myths, River of Dreams has been updated following the dramatic political and social upheaval throughout the Sahel region.
James Marr is the author of three books on overland travel by motorcycle or 4x4. He has written a number of articles for such publications as the Overland Magazine, Toyota Trails, Outdoorx4, the 4x4 Magazine and Adventure Bike Rider.
His new thriller, Kill at First Light, will be released in May 2024.
For centuries, dreams of riches have lured explorers and adventurers to forbidding corners of the earth in search of lost cities of gold. From the eighteenth-century, Timbuktu provoked a succession of outwardly sane men to abandon their families and the relative comforts of Europe, risking their lives in the quest to uncover a mythical African city rumoured to be paved in gold.
To this day, Timbuktu remains a byword for exotic remoteness, a place of mystique, fables and fantasy. But how do you get there? And what would you discover?
Following in the footsteps of his heroes, those eighteenth and nineteenth century explorers, James Marr, his wife and two friends drive from England to Timbuktu and the 2009 Festival in the Desert. Along the way, James loses his passport in the sand, ruptures the fuel tank on his Toyota 4x4, fortifies the suspension with a pair of flip-flops and wonders if, in the intervening years, West Africa has become any more hospitable. In Mali, abductions and rebel attacks are a portent of the full-scale conflict to come.
Join their remarkable journey today in City of Myths, River of Dreams, uncovering the rich history and culture of this vibrant and troubled corner of the African continent.
This 2024, republished edition of City of Myths, River of Dreams has been updated following the dramatic political and social upheaval throughout the Sahel region.
James Marr is the author of three books on overland travel by motorcycle or 4x4. He has written a number of articles for such publications as the Overland Magazine, Toyota Trails, Outdoorx4, the 4x4 Magazine and Adventure Bike Rider.
His new thriller, Kill at First Light, will be released in May 2024.
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