Lovely, but look closely and you will see the piles of trash on the shore.

"Car Rapide" -- mass transit in Senegal

Port of Dakar

Dakar street scene

GOREE ISLAND

Shoreline from ferry to Goree

Street scene on Goree

Slave house -- departure point for slave ships

THIÈS

Meeting of women's support group organized by Tostan -- members start by dancing! Fortunately the battery ran out before I joined the dance.

Yet more lovely dancers.

Boys studying the Koran at a Daraa. Tostan, an NGO working in Senegal, is working with the marabout who direct these schools to aid the welfare of these students and to reduce the need for them to beg in the streets.

Tostan's conference center in Thies, a great example of new construction that makes use of traditional styles.