Favorites: The Animal Edition

In honor of the conclusion of my time in Africa, I've compiled a few of my favorite photographs over the past several years.
Here are my favorite animal photos!

For my favorite photographs of Zimbabwe: go here!!

For my favorite photographs of Senegal: go here!!

A lilac breasted roller in Chobe National Park, Botswana - Hope is a Thing with Feathers

A baby elephant of the Presidential Herd, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe - The Ivory Lodge

A crocodile sleeps on the banks of the Chobe River in Botswana - Snapshots from the River: The Chobe Crocodile

A giraffe in Chobe National Park, Botswana - The Chobe smorgasbord of animals!!

I originally captioned this photo of a donkey in Palmarin, Senegal:
"Hello, donkey, the rains must feel like a wonderful break from the heat." - Hello, donkey! Hello, pelicans! Hello, white flamingo?!

A lion at Antelope Park in Gweru, Zimbabwe - ...and then the lions charged!

Elephants along the Chobe River, Botswana - An ode to elephants

A penguin in Boulders, South Africa, on the Cape of Good Hope - Penguins...in Africa! Woohoo!!

A bird searching for food on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe - The Lake Kariba smorgasbord

Two lions cubs in Hwange, Zimbabwe - I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

A herd of bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States - Yellowstone: Animals Part II

A mama giraffe in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe - Giraffes!! (An Ode to ALDB)

Traffic in Rufisque, Senegal, the only real road off the Cap-Vert peninsula where Dakar is located - Passing Through Rufisque

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Shout Out to Senegal: Ismaël Lô!

Senegal's Ismaël Lô performs during the 2012 Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) in Zimbabwe.

He was soooo good; I can't believe I never saw him while living in Senegal!

To be honest: it made me really happy to hear some Senegalese music (it had been too long!):

Of all the concerts I've been to in my life, I've always seen cameras and phones held up to take photos and record.  

The Ipad was a first for me at HIFA...

Ismaël Lô was awesome.

In honor of my dear friend MH, who introduced me to this song after a moment of shock that I had never heard it:

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Au revoir, Sénégal, au revoir...

It is with sadness that I note my time in Senegal has come to end and this will by last post on the beautiful country. In honor of the wonderful experience I've had living in Senegal, this post is a collection of my favorite photos from my time wandering Dakar and beyond.

Please stay tuned because this does not mark the end of my African adventure or the blog as I am relocating to a new country in southern Africa and will pick up my photographic wanderings right quick!

For my favorite photographs from Zimbabwe: go here!!

For my favorite animal photographs: go here!!

In no particular order, my favorite photographs of Senegal:

The sunset over Lac Rose (Pink Lake) -- An Amazing Sunset

A young Senegalese boy wandering the beach at Lompoul-sur-la-Mer - Lompoul: Unexpected Company

Dusk in beautiful Saint-Louis - Part VIII: Dusk Embraces Saint-Louis

Sunset along Dakar's Corniche after a rain storm - Take My Breath Away

The light house in Gandiol - Part IV: Gandiol's Light House

The sun streaming through the clouds after the first rains of the season in Palmarin - Light Through the Storm

A Senegalese boy with Mali style baskets in Fadiouth - Fadiouth, Senegal

A dune in Lompoul - Lompoul: The Campsite & Dunes

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A Dakarois Smorgasbord

When I think of Senegal outside of Dakar, this is the image in my mind.

Car rapides in Les Almadies, Dakar, Senegal

A car rapide in traffick in Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal

The Grand Mosque of Dakar

Mosque by the Sea's beach where fishermen launch each morning

Les Almadies

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Muscle Beach

A work out bench at "muscle beach" (as the ex-pats call it) near Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) in Dakar, Senegal

A Senegalese man exercises.

In case you were curious the full spread of work out equipment.

Hello, UCAD!

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Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth

A flight approaches Dakar, Senegal, over the Atlantic Ocean

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Life in Les Almadies

A man cleans himself at a construction site in the Les Almadies neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal.

A woman transports food in Les Almadies.

There is great wealth and great poverty in Dakar, and often they are right beside each other, particularly in housing.
 Often wealthier individuals build walled compounds and soon make shift abodes are built using part of the wall.

A man looks out on morning traffic on the Corniche.

The VDN in Dakar.

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Odds and Ends in Dakar's Plateau

A barbershop in the Plateau neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal

Three boys walk near the train station in Dakar, about to link arms.

Construction near the Malian market in Dakar. The market used to be outside in this area

but was moved inside for this construction to build a road to the Chinese-built National Theater.

I always thought the train that never moved from Soumbédioune and was about 20 years past its prime was random, but

when I realized there are TWO mini-tourist trains in Dakar, one that actually takes people out on tours, it totally made my day.

Here's another Dakar oddity: A traffic light at Carnot and Place de l'Independence. 

 Never saw it used once in two years. In fact, it took me a year to notice it was there...

Lights have gone up downtown but I've never once seen a working traffic light.

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