Monday, May 18, 2009

A few professional photos of what we experience but cannot capture

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Casamance rice fields

Island of St Louis at the mouth of the Senegal river, former capital of French West Africa and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Island of Gorée, just off Dakar

Island of La Madeleine, our favourite wildlife reserve, just off Dakar with birds and fish

Sahelian landscape in Northern Senegal

Trees in Casamance.

In Senegal, nearly everyone goes fishing...

Rice fields in Casamance.

Mangrove in the Sine Saloum delta

Casamance islands

Monday, May 11, 2009

Naive art paintings of Senegal

Tiphaine's first 2 cats (Moussa & Biscotte) immortalised in a "sous verre"

A beach scene in Casamance with pelicans

A Casamance village scene

A field of baobabs. And yes, parts of Senegal do look like that!

Casamance beach