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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

Lampoul to Dakar through Touba, Senegal

We left the campement at Lampoul after breakfast and stopped at Touba on the way to Dakar.

Touba is the site of what is claimed to be the largest mosque in black Africa.
Early in the morning
Early in the morning		 Remains of the party
Remains of the party		 The lamps are almost out
The lamps are almost out		 Another Campement in the distance
Another Campement in the distance		 Panaroma - Early morning skies from Campament de Lampoul
Panaroma - Early morning skies from Campament de Lampoul		 Patterns
Patterns
Plover in motion
Plover in motion		 The stationary plover
The stationary plover		 Patterns in the sand
Patterns in the sand		 Tracks into camp
Tracks into camp		 Panorama - The earth and the clouds
Panorama - The earth and the clouds		 Yet another perspective
Yet another perspective
The bird is still around
The bird is still around		 Howdy
Howdy		 The toilet
The toilet		 Sink and bath place
Sink and bath place		 Inside our tent
Inside our tent		 The main tent where we ate our food
The main tent where we ate our food
View of campement as we departed
View of campement as we departed		 Vegetation on the way back to the main road
Vegetation on the way back to the main road		 Amidst the eucalyptus
Amidst the eucalyptus		 She wanted her picture taken
She wanted her picture taken		 In sales mode
In sales mode		 She also wanted her picture
She also wanted her picture
Taxi service
Taxi service		 Boarding
Boarding		 Passing through town
Passing through town		 Its market day in this town
Its market day in this town		 Heading into town
Heading into town		 Roadblock
Roadblock
Outside of Touba
Outside of Touba		 Traffic in town
Traffic in town		 Minarets in the distance
Minarets in the distance		 One of the outside halls
One of the outside halls		 Weird angles and symmetry
Weird angles and symmetry		 Women volunteers for cleaning
Women volunteers for cleaning
Door to the inside of the mosque
Door to the inside of the mosque		 Walking around the inner mosque
Walking around the inner mosque		 Different colors
Different colors		 Angles and colors
Angles and colors		 The light at the end of the corridor
The light at the end of the corridor		 Another entrance
Another entrance
Structures
Structures		 Required to be able to visit the mosque
Required to be able to visit the mosque		 Looking very demure
Looking very demure		 The expanse of the mosque
The expanse of the mosque		 Various shapes
Various shapes		 The corridor
The corridor
At the end of the corridor
At the end of the corridor		 Heading out of Touba
Heading out of Touba		 The typical taxi scene
The typical taxi scene		 On the way out of Touba
On the way out of Touba		 The street scene
The street scene		 Highway into Dakar
Highway into Dakar
Apartment building
Apartment building		 Big city traffic scene
Big city traffic scene		 Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce

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Ali Majdfar11-Oct-2012 03:26
Spectacular gallery, thanks for sharing! ~V
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