Snapshots from the Zimbabwe roads...

While visiting Antelope Park near Gweru, Zimbabwe, this dog kept watch.

Leaving Antelope Park we managed to get stuck in this rainy season puddle.

See the paved road ahead?  Oh it was a tease..and quite embarrassing to fail so close to the road.

Kwekwe's welcome sign.  You may recognize Kwekwe if you are a watcher of The Colbert Report.

Stephen Colbert did a segment on Zimbabwe (Watch the spot here.)

The Air Zimbabwe museum...or if it's not a museum, it should be.  The airline's gone under way too many times. 

A mosque in Zimbabwe.  You don't see them remotely as much as you did in Senegal.

For some reason whenever I see the lights not working signs (and naturally they aren't working ever), 

I usually find it to be the funniest thing ever.

A street side market somewhere in Zimbabwe during the rainy season.

A storm's a coming!

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Strolling Through Downtown

The Plateau neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal

The building with the beautiful windows is actually a mosque

A shirt vendor in the Plateau

I really liked the random Zorro van

A jacket vendor near the Place de l'Independence

A football jersey vendor

For some reason this shop makes me smile each time I pass it. Maybe because of the fantastic memories I have of Montana

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Take my Breath Away

Sunset along the Corniche -- Dakar, Senegal

Sunset near the Mosque by the Sea in Dakar

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Finally, all this heat has paid off!

The spike in temperature with the rainy season has resulted in the most fantastic sunsets this past week in Dakar, Senegal

The sun setting over the Atlantic Ocean - The Corniche in Dakar

The sun setting over Dakar's Grand Mosque

Couldn't resist another shot of the colors behind the mosque!

The last remnants of light over the Plateau area of Dakar

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A Call to Prayer in Les Almadies

As Ramadan nears nears its end, a man prays in Les Almadies, Dakar, Senegal

Iles de la Madeleine and the coast of Dakar

The Corniche and Mermoz - Dakar

The mural at the underpass at the Monument of the African Renaissance

A mosque being built in Les Almadies

In Senegal, mosques begin their calls to prayer regardless if the mosque is not completed 

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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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The Road to The Gambia

on the road to The Gambia...

near Gandiaye, Senegal

basketball anyone?

What the rainy season means for road trips...it is a nightmare.

The salt flats at Kaolack, Senegal

The mangroves in the rainy season

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Porokhane, Senegal

Detailing on the columns in Mame Diara's Mausoleum in Porokhane, Senegal

[see previous post for additional details on Mame Diara]

The mosque in honor of Mame Diara, with her mausoleum, the destination for the
Magal of Porokhane, the only magal dedicated to women by the
Senegalese brotherhoods. Thousands make the pilgrimage each year.

The ceiling of Mame Diara's Mausoleum

Mame Diara's Mausoleum under renovation

The dome in the mausoleum

The mosque in honor of Mame Diara

The walls of Mame Diara's mosque

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