Part I: Leaving Dakar

 heading out of Dakar and chilling, Senegalese style

car rapide heading toward Rufisque

we drove toward Lac Rose, luckily not on the outside of a car rapide

 where we paused long enough to take in the fabled source of Lac Rose

 then we drove north and passed this tucked away mosque in the middle of nowhere

until we embarked on this path into the dunes....

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Paparazzi: Dakar Style

 

While setting up this shot at the African Renaissance Monument in Dakar, Senegal

 The Senegalese paparazzi made an appearance

for a visiting head of state

That's Alpha Condé, President of Guinea, on his first official visit to Senegal

the monument

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Les Almadies & Petite Corniche

 birds in Les Almadies, Dakar, Senegal

 Soumbédioune with a storm coming off the Atlantic, Dakar

 View of the Plateau from the Petite Corniche, Dakar, Senegal, on a strangely overcast day

 View from the Petite Corniche

find the peacock in Les Almadies

what the peacock actually looked like

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A Mosque and a Hovering Monument

The beach at the Mosque by the Sea [La Mosquée de la Divinité]

Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal

 A sheep (mouton!) at the mosque

 Mosque by the Sea and the African Renaissance Monument

 a home along the Corniche, Dakar, Senegal

another view of the mosque's beach

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I'm Going Nomad!

 I'm going nomad! 

[apparently in a car rapide]

My favorite graffiti in Dakar thus far

 Les Alamedies neighborhood - Dakar

 To give perspective of just how large the African Renaissance Monument is, 

try and find the woman waving

 There is a flag for each African country in front of the monument

plant life in Joal, Senegal

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Les Liqueurs de Warang

 Tasting at Les Liqueurs de Warang gardens near Mbour, Senegal

 My favorite: Kombonella (Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit liquor).  

It tasted like Key Lime Pie to me but Lemoncello to everyone else

 L.d.W.  distillery

 outside the distillery

 Liquor tastings in citrus, bissap, passion fruit, chocolate coffee banana...

delightful

What's Les Liqueurs de Warang?

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Fadiouth

 Fadiouth, Senegal

 the mangroves between the twin villages of Joal-Fadiouth

 Fadiouth

Remember this adorable boy?  He was standing under this window in Fadiouth

 One of the bridges connecting Joal and Fadiouth

pirogues (boats) at the granaries between Joal and Fadiouth

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