Map of the Republic of Senegal - we drove from Dakar to Tambacounda in a long day |
Baobab trees along Senegal's Route Nationale 1 just before sunrise |
It would have been nice if the guide had stopped...these were from the moving bus |
Car silhouetted against the rising sun...they stopped for this one |
Our home for the next 24 days, Rotel Tours of Passau, Germany |
The unusual baobab tree is national tree of Senegal |
Areas along Route Nationale 1 are thick with baobabs |
Mbour, Senegal |
Mbour, Senegal |
Bushpause - gents to the left, ladies to the right |
16 year old student, Senegal |
Walking along Senegal's Route Nationale 1 |
Senegalese kraal, near Tiadiaye |
1-horsepower vehicle, Senegal |
West Africans often dress very colorfully |
Large kapok tree in front of a school, 30 minutes west of Gandiaye |
The guide was very keen on plants, so we often stopped and received explanations |
Salt recovered from the Siné-Saloum Salt Marshes near Fatick-Kaolack, Senegal |
Salty Siné-Saloum River Estuary, Senegal |
Siné-Saloum River Estuary, Senegal |
Gandiaye, Senegal |
Gandiaye, Senegal |
Sibassor Mosque |
Large mosque outside Kaolack along RN1 |
Mosque just prior to Kaolack, Senegal |
Kaolack Mosque |
Local boys, Kaolack |
Nice machete...careful with that |
Bye bye |
Sculpture, Kaolack |
Kaolack - Ecole Elementaire Ibrahima Diouf, Senegal |
French-colonial-style house on Avenue Valdiodio Ndiaye, Kaolack, Senegal |
Gouvernance - Région de Kaolack |
Kaolack has a large market but we did not stop |
Grande Mosquée of the Baye-Niass brotherhood, Kaolack |
A small mosque, Kaolack |
Man washing in the Saloum River by Kaolack |
Instead of stopping at the market in Kaolack for lunch, Rotel likes taking the mid-day break in the middle of nowhere |
The brochure calls this "unsere beliebte picknicks" - their way of keeping the guests from eating anywhere dodgy I guess... |
Grasshopper |
Grasshopper |
Fully laden double donkey cart |
Large herd of goats in a freshlz harvested field |
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Baobab |
Baobab forest around Kaffrine |
Baobab forest along Route Nationale 1, Senegal |
Baobab fruit |
Baobab, Senegal |
Baobab forest, Senegal |
Baobab |
Baobab forest, Senegal |
Thatched hut, Senegal |
Small village along RN1, Senegal |
Chez Mamadou Diallo with an old film Nikon |
Stopping in a small village to buy French-style bread |
Girls in a Senegal village |
Senegalese village in a baobab forest along Route Nationale 1 |
Picturesque roadside village among the baobabs |
I didn't manage to catch the name of this village |
Baobab in a small village |
Man bringing a horse for water at the village well, Senegal |
Village well |
A deep well |
Well |
A very pathetic looking horse |
Skinny horse and foal |
Baobab village, Senegal |
Baobab |
The base of a massive baobab |
Square thatched huts, Senegal |
Village where we stopped to see the well |
Friendly village along Route Nationale 1 |
Senegal village |
Baobab |
Baobab |
Boy in the village with the well |
Roadside village among the baobabs, Senegal |
The Rotel truck makes a big impression everywhere it stops |
Bye bye |
Route Nationale 1 is in terrible condition full of potholes as you get closer to Tambacounda, this is near Keur Ablaye |
Vultures |
Village |
Koungheul, Senegal |
Senegalese truck with the Bismillah and American flag |
Senegal village |
Senegal village |
Square shapped huts, Senegal |
Peter, did you write down what these sacks were? |
West African beef |
Cart fully laden with thatch |
Young girl carrying a small pot |
West African cattle |
Casa de Santé, Doubalampour (which I believe is the name of this village) |
Remains of an ancient Senegambian stone circle, of which there are around 1000 in Sengal and the Gambia |
Laterite pillars used in the Senegambian stone circles |
Excited boys running towards our truck as we arrive |
Cadeau! Cadeau! |
Doubalampour, Senegal, between Koungheul and Koumpentoum |
Doubalampour, Senegal |
Doubalampour, Senegal |
Boys from the village walking with Hubertus |
Bales of ?? |
Doubalampour, Senegal |
Doubalampour, Senegal |
Rondavel |
Boy in a village of Doubalampour |
Getting ready to move on |
Kids at Doubalampour |
We can attract quite a crowd! |
Baobab |
Rotel Tours - Das Rollende Hotel |
European Roller (thanks Peter!) |
European Roller |
Man along the road in a Senegalese village |
Roadkill |
Square thatched huts, Senegal |
Potholes along Route Nationale 1 approaching Tambacounda |
Termite mound, Senegal |
Hubertus with a termite mound |
Another pause along Route National 1, Senegal |
Rotel |
Freight train passing herd of cattle near Tambacounda |
Dakar-Bamako Railroad locomotive number CC2482 Transrail |
Baobab sunset, Senegal |
Baobab sunset, Senegal |
Locomotive of the Dakar-Bamako Railroad pulling a freight train into Tambacounda |
Billboard for Houston brand of cigarettes, Senegal |
Soccer game along the roadside, Tambacounda |
Senegal diesel - US$1.12 per liter ($4.24 a gallon) Tambacounda |
Mosaic sign at the Hotel Asta Kebe in Tambacounda |
The pool of the Hotel Asta Kebe in Tambacounda was the only source of water! |
Hotel Asta Kebe in Tambacounda looks like it was once very nice but has been severely neglected |
Cactus, Tambacounda |
Rotel Dinner at the hotel in Tambacounda |
Tambacounda |
Dakar-Bamako Railwaz passing through Tambacounda |
Looks like they spent the night in Tamba as well - CC2482 Transrail |
Freight train headed for landlocked Mali |
Dakar-Bamako Railroad |
After the French left, much of what they built fell in to ruin |
Ruins of the railway station of Bouigheul-Bamba, Dakar-Bamako line |
Senegal Route National 1 is in an excellent state between Tambacounda and Kidira, as well as all the way to Kayes, Mali |
Senegal uses French-style milestones. RN1 67 km west of Kidira |
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Rotel along Route Nationale 1 Senegal |
Eastern Senegal |
Dakar-Bamako Railway line east of Tambacounda |
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Change from the square huts we had seen along the way to round huts that will dominate through western Mali |
Baobab |
Baobab |
Massive baobab |
A giant baobab tree 19km west of Kidira |
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Senegal |
The town of Kidira, on the Falémé River, is the border town between Senegal and Mali |
Rotel truck on the road from Tambacounda to the Mali border at Kidira |
French style milestone, Senegal RN1 |
Baby donkey, Senegal |
Last village before Kidira |
Erosion outside Kidira |