Goree Bourgainvillea

two children sharing a meal on Goree Island, Senegal


the bourgainvillea all over the island


Goree Island's cove

artists displaying their work on Goree Island

the island's colors are always so vivid with its painted walls and bougainvillea

the Atlantic Ocean crashing against Dakar's volcanic rocks

Hello, donkey! Hello, pelicans! Hello, white flamingo?!

 Hello, donkey, the rains must feel like a wonderful break from the heat

Palmarin, Senegal

 The leader of a herd

A flamingo coming to say hi

[I (re)learned that eating shrimp makes flamingos pink]

 Hello, pelicans!

 les oiseaux

And here is what a white flamingo looks like.  

Strange how it makes you want to feed it shrimp, lots of shrimp,

to make it a dazzling pink

Snapshots from the road

 a woman carrying her sleeping daughter

Rufisque, Senegal

 Rufisque

Street vendors.   You can buy anything off the street.  

Things I've bought: Winter hats, footballs, peanuts, stickers

mangos, oranges, bananas...you get the idea

Hanging out

 Rufisque

the Senegalese men all wear these black caps with a pom-pom

no matter how hot it is outside

Light through the Storm

after the first storm of the rainy season, the sun reminded us she was there

Palmarin, Senegal

 the calm before the storm in Palmarin

Palmarin's lagoon

 the mighty Baobab tree

calm after the storm

the light on our Baobab treehouse

A Lagoon House Option!

 If you decided a Baobab tree house isn't for you, you can stay in a house on the lagoon

Les Lodges des Collines de Niassam - Palmarin, Senegal

 the lagoon houses

you can kayak right from your lagoon dock

 

graineries in Palmarin

A Dirt Road, a Cattle Herder, and a Fire Tree

the most beautiful dirt road I've ever seen  (I've learned to appreciate a good road, 

especially in West Africa where the dirt roads are better than the paved roads)

between Joal and Palmarin, Senegal

a lonely cattle herder near Palmarin

 who decided to say hi

 leaving the last village before Palmarin

the most adorable little yellow birds would quickly land on this thorned tree

this tree is known locally as the fire tree for its wild burst of red

A Lagoon in Palmarin

A lagoon house at Les Lodges des Collines de Niassam

Palmarin, Senegal

 graineries on the lagoon in Palmarin with the remnants of the rainy season's first storm

a tiny island with two houses on the lagoon in Palmarin

 Palmarin

The most adorable, little yellow birds lived in these awesome nests

Palmarin