I was lucky enough to win a holiday for 6 days in Senegal. We extended our time to 2 weeks and went in November and December 2015 and really enjoyed our time travelling there. Among the highlights were a visit to Touba at the end of the Grand Magal, a pilgrimage which is undertaken by about 3 million Senegalese, visits to various national parks, a sidetrip into The Gambia to the sleepy town of Janjabureh on the River Gambia and across to St Louis, the old colonial capital of Senegal, where we saw the great Malian singer Oumou Sangare.
The beach near Kayar
Kayar, one of the biggest fishing villages in Senegal
Boys at Kayar
Lompoul moonrise.
Kayar
Launching a boat at Kayar
Saly
Saly, evening football.
Barbers’ shop in Saly
Toubacata, Sine Saloum
Toubacata
School teache, Ile de Sip, Sine Saloum
Queen of the Ile de Sip in the Sine Saloum delta.
St Louis
Run down hotel at Foundiougne. Perhaps it will revive when the Korean built port opens in 2016.
St Louis
St Louis
Gas station for the boats at St Louis. Health and safety…..
Oumou Sangare
At the Oumou Sangare gig
At the Oumou Sangare gig
Janjabureh, The Gambia
Wassau stone circle, The Gambia
Wassau stone circles
Wassau
Wassau
Winnowing the peanut harvest
Banjul shop
Night club Elvis
Toubacata.
Transport
Touba. The Grand Mosque. We were there at the end of the Grand Magal pilgrimage
Touba
Touba baby
Guide in Touba
Touba
Library in Touba
Transport
St Louis – more faded glory
St Louis, former nunnery – maisonn des soeurs de Saint-Joseph de Cluny
Transport
Beach football
Beach, St Louis
Barber’s shop
Lac du Rose. A salt worker hauls up some salt. Tough work.
Paul Harley Photographer 