From a 4 hour, 45000 CFA taxi ride from Dakar to St Louis...
- in the city, the sheer press of humanity... vendors, people, taxis, buses, horse carts
- in the country, flowing colored robes against a backdrop of reddish earth and faint green trees
- women wearing sequined head scarves that sparkle
- babies on backs, large baskets on heads, large poles to grind meal and machetes to partion goats
- The 'donkey cart road'. A set of tracks just off the paved road for horses and donkey carts
- sirened cars racing by the regular traffic with a line of bmws and mercedes in tow. executive privilege?
- trucks and cars surging around horse carts
- noon time. every donkey. every goat. every horse. *every person* crashed out, unmoving in spots of shade
- little tiny horses. massive loads. donkey 'luxe' = 3 donkeys on one cart. goats on top of buses, on top of cars.
- be-tassled donkeys, horses, buses, semi trucks, cars and taxis... a clear love of tassles
- cars and buses hand painted with images and words in primary red, yellow, green, blue
- people walking out of the bush and hailing buses and cabs in the *absolute* *middle* of *nowhere*
- roadside vendors and peopledonkeysgoatshorses criss-crossing the roads
A drive up the coast is to breath in diesel fumes until you're near delirious, to have the sun beat down on you until you're near wilted --but to get a wonderful and unforgettable view into the life of Senegal.
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