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Getting to Conakry, Guinee | Roujiuatou Barry goes home | Conakry to Dalaba | Discovering Dalaba, Guinee | Visit to Pont-de-Dieu | To the waterfall at Ditinn, Guinee | Trip to Sebory, Guinee | Sunday - Market day in Dalaba, Guinee | Pita, and the Kinkon and Kambadaga Falls | A day of rest | Destination Tambacounda, Senegal | Tamba to Lac Rose, Senegal | Lac Rose, Senegal | To Kayar and St. Louis in Senegal | From our hotel room window in St. Louis, Senegal | Visit to La Langue de Barbarie | Back in St. Louis, Senegal | St. Louis on the last day | To Lampoul Campement, Senegal | Lampoul to Dakar through Touba, Senegal | Goree Island, Senegal | Back in Dakar, Senegal | Toubacouta, through Kaolak, Senegal | Visit to Sipo Village, and then onto Tambacounda, Senegal | Tamba, Senegal, to Dalaba, Guinee | From Dalaba, Guinee, to Gaithersburg, MD

Goree Island, Senegal

We went to Goree island, one of the locations in Western Africa from which the slaves left for the Americas.
Panaroma - Ferry to Goree Island
Panaroma - Ferry to Goree Island		 Ships near the ferry
Ships near the ferry		 Modern terminal
Modern terminal		 My kind of boat
My kind of boat		 Panorama - Supplies for the Island
Panorama - Supplies for the Island		 The ferry terminal
The ferry terminal
Dakar skyline is fairly low
Dakar skyline is fairly low		 The explorer
The explorer		 Big and bigger
Big and bigger		 Military
Military		 Dakar Skyline
Dakar Skyline		 Cliff in the distance
Cliff in the distance
Fishing boat
Fishing boat		 Another skyline shot
Another skyline shot		 In the direction of Goree Island
In the direction of Goree Island		 Back in the direction of the harbor
Back in the direction of the harbor		 Dakar
Dakar		 Goree Island in the sun
Goree Island in the sun
Goree Island
Goree Island		 Preparing to get off the boat
Preparing to get off the boat		 Arriving
Arriving		 Colorful buildings
Colorful buildings		 Playing catch
Playing catch		 On the far side
On the far side
On the near side
On the near side		 Our so-called guide
Our so-called guide		 Activity around the ferry
Activity around the ferry		 The school kids
The school kids		 Heading down one of the side streets
Heading down one of the side streets		 Colorful
Colorful
Tourists like us
Tourists like us		 The House of Slaves Memorial
The House of Slaves Memorial		 Inside the House of Slaves
Inside the House of Slaves		 One of the rooms where the slaves were held
One of the rooms where the slaves were held		 Another room for the slaves
Another room for the slaves		 The cell for the recalcitrant
The cell for the recalcitrant
The outside of the House of Slaves
The outside of the House of Slaves		 The door
The door		 The door of no return
The door of no return		 Life as you knew it ended once you got past this door
Life as you knew it ended once you got past this door		 While the slave masters watched the proceedings from upstairs
While the slave masters watched the proceedings from upstairs		 Routes of the slave trade
Routes of the slave trade
The 23rd Psalm
The 23rd Psalm		 Tourists
Tourists		 Panorama - Garden next to the House of Slaves
Panorama - Garden next to the House of Slaves		 Buildings
Buildings		 In bad shape
In bad shape		 The Catholic Church
The Catholic Church
Colorful laundry
Colorful laundry		 Yard in front of the church
Yard in front of the church		 Artists selling their stuff
Artists selling their stuff		 Art on the street
Art on the street		 Galarie D'art
Galarie D'art		 Used to house a cannon before it fell apart
Used to house a cannon before it fell apart
Art from sand of different colors
Art from sand of different colors		 Memorial at the top
Memorial at the top		 The guns
The guns		 View from the top
View from the top		 Back on the ferry
Back on the ferry		 The old prison on Goree Island
The old prison on Goree Island
Departure
Departure		 As we depart
As we depart		 The sea crashes on to the rocks
The sea crashes on to the rocks		 Another parting shot
Another parting shot

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