As many of you know, Mali is dear to my heart. If you would like to do something really unique, why not send someone a postcard from Timbuktu? Long known as ‘the end of the world’ it is still there, but devoid of visitors. An American, Phil Paoletta, resident in Bamako, the capital and married to a Malian lady, runs a site called postcardsfromtimbuktu.com
| Postcards from TimbuktuSend a postcard from Timbuktu to anywhere in the world.www.postcardsfromtimbuktu.com |
This enables anyone, anywhere in the world, to receive a handwritten postcard which originates in Timbuktu. And they have now expanded out in to hand made Malian gifts too. This provides a small income for Malian tour guides who have been unemployed for years. They had a great write up on NPR in the USA, for which I will copy the link at the end of this email.
It costs $10 a card which you might think out of sight. Just think; if you buy a fancy Hallmark card for someone’s birthday, c $5-7 and then add an international stamp, you are not far short of $10. You have a choice of card designs. You go to the website, tell them which design, who to send it to and what you want to say. They will do the rest. And amazingly, the huge majority of them do reach the other end.
So, if there is someone out there who will be impressed/amazed/mind blown to receive a card, then here is the other address to look at.
Thanks and please feel free to send it out on all your social networking.
Tim
www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/22/647059008/why-its-easy-and-hard-to-get-a-postcard-all-the-way-from-timbuktu
| Why It’s Easy — And Hard — To Get A Postcard All The Way From Timbuktu : Goats and Soda : NPRWhy It’s Easy — And Hard — To Get A Postcard All The Way From Timbuktu : Goats and Soda When tourism to the fabled city took a downturn, two guys came up with an idea to bring in a little …www.npr.org |
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