Highlights of Steve Carber's Excursion to Casamance 2

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Pics and clips of Steve's visit: photo1-4, 7: fishing with Almamy's uncle; photo5: Almamy's uncle snags a lizard by the tail; photo6: snake caught on fishing line, reportedly not poisonous; photo8-10: visiting with Almamy's family; photo11-14: traveling through Gambia via septplace (7-seater auto, also referred to as a bush taxi, how locals get around), crossing Gambia River by ferry.

Videoclip links:

clip1: various

clip2: fishing (with Almamy's uncle)

clip3: Gambia crossing

clip4: Seleki school

clip5: Seleki dance 1

clip6: Seleki dance 2

clip7: various 2

clip8: bois sacre

Highlights of Steve Carber's Excursion to Casamance 1

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Pics and clips of Steve's visit: photo1: from the Mamelles lighthouse, looking north toward Point Almadies, and the westernmost point in Africa; photo2: the controversial Monument of African Renaissance, built by North Koreans; photo3: ferry that runs from Dakar to Ziguinchor, in the Casamance; photo4: arrival Ziguinchor, on the Casamance River; photo5: on the road into Seleki; photo6: villager posing with ceremonial spear after a ceremony at the boir sacre in Seleki; photo7: tradition Djola lamp (stoppered bottle containing gasoline); photo8: village girls perform dance at campement; photo9: Mame, the animistic King of Oussouye; photo10: schoolroom in Seleki; photo11: teacher and school director in Seleki.

Videoclip links:

clip1: various

clip2: fishing (with Almamy's uncle)

clip3: Gambia crossing

clip4: Seleki school

clip5: Seleki dance 1

clip6: Seleki dance 2

clip7: various 2

clip8: bois sacre

Three Weekend Shorts: MS Volleyball Tournament, Club Atlantique Pool, Issac's Visit

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A post of photos/clips without comment: Pool Kids Volleyball1 Volleyball2 Volleyball3 Volleyball4 Volleyball5

Return from Koumbal: Scenes of Rufisque, Pikine and Dakar

Almamy and I accompanied Steve Carber down to meet the marabout Yorro and his family.  It was, yet again, a very thought-provoking encounter with Senegalese culture, which deserves a blog entry all to itself.

The drive there and back was quite fast, being on a Monday rather than our usual Saturday.  The images above and the following clips were taken while reentering Dakar through Rufisque and Pikine, and as we wound our way home through the suburbs of Dakar:  clip1  clip2  clip3  clip4

Surf of the Year on Ouakam Plage

Our friend Steve Carber arrived for a two-week visit on February 9th, which happened to coincide with the largest surf day of the year here in Dakar.  After he settled-in here at our flat in Ouakam, we walked down to the plage to check out the waves, which were breaking overhead.  See  clip1  clip2  clip3.  

Surfers can be recognized in the water for their personal styles/habits.  Watching one surfer reminded me of video footage I'd previous seen of Mike Dvorak -- a particular stance, a tall frame, the way in which he works a wave.  It turned out it was Mike, when he later emerged from the water and greeted us.  See if you can identify him in the video clips.

Small world.