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...city's heart is the Suq al-Milh, or salt market. It's a good spot for buying oasis dates or acacia honey, or watching locals bargain over khat, a narcotic leaf. If haggling in other markets has left you jaded, this one's a refreshing change of pace?no one hassles you to buy here. Locals are mostly indifferent to your presence; a few are curious...
...sense of wonder Its six- to eight-story tower houses of lime-washed mud brick could lay claim to being the world's first high-rises. At the city's heart is the Suq al-Milh, or salt market. It's a good spot for buying oasis dates or acacia honey, or watching locals bargain over khat, a narcotic leaf. If haggling in other markets has left you jaded, this one's a refreshing change of pace - no one hassles you to buy here. Locals are mostly indifferent to your presence; a few are curious. Hang out at a coffee...
Sipping homegrown coffee in the shade of a huge acacia tree in a breezy jungle clearing, Al-Haj Murad Ebrahim wears a neatly pressed safari suit, his PDA and shiny leather briefcase close at hand. Murad, who is in his late 50s, resembles a thriving small-town businessman rather than a guerrilla leader. But there's no doubt about his authority over the 100 uniformed and heavily armed fighters who escorted the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (M.I.L.F.) chairman during an exclusive interview with TIME in Maguindanao province last week, his first since becoming the group's leader a year...
...thick golden light of a setting African sun, under the speckled shade of an acacia tree, three young lions are feasting on a baby giraffe. The hindquarters are gone; the chest is laid bare. Dry, snapping noises can be heard across the grasslands as the animals crack the ribs of their prey to get to the vital organs. Coolly, with utter confidence, a mature lioness--the oldest of the seven-member pride--approaches. A 3-year-old male tries to scare her off with a snarl, but she lunges at him, baring her teeth and biting at his neck. After...
...coolibah tree and watched and waited, ravenous, while the billy boiled. This was a truly Waltzing Matilda moment except for one seemingly un-Australian note?the chime of a camel bell and the sight of its wearer extending a long, furry neck to prune the top of an acacia bush not far from our bedrolls...