Before ...well, during, and after the tea. A handmade pipe. Pull a camel skin
pouch out from underneath the robes. Get a pinch of tobacco. Light and puff.
I gotta say, it really suited our host, shown here and really added to giving
him an air of being "master" of this family (for lack of better wording).
This man was confident, regal, honest and yet extremely nice, hospitable
and tried to make us comfortable in any way possible. A good guy.

For more on the encounter, also see my Tea with the Tuareg gallery.

Taken in the desert just outside of Timbuktu, Mali.