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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

Destination Tambacounda, Senegal

We began our tour by leaving Dalaba very early in the morning.
Early morning on the way to Labe
Early morning on the way to Labe		 Is that enough firewood?
Is that enough firewood?		 In Labe
In Labe		 Road scene in Labe
Road scene in Labe		 Just outside of Labe
Just outside of Labe		 The highway
The highway
Village early morning scene
Village early morning scene		 Diversion
Diversion		 Another town
Another town		 Heading into the wilderness
Heading into the wilderness		 Another village
Another village		 Riding into town
Riding into town
Headed for the hills
Headed for the hills		 Our Toyota Land Cruiser with luggage on top
Our Toyota Land Cruiser with luggage on top		 The curve in the road
The curve in the road		 With our crew
With our crew		 Ousmane and Sinde
Ousmane and Sinde		 Its pothole city
Its pothole city
Waterfalls along the route
Waterfalls along the route		 Into the woods
Into the woods		 Dangerous corners
Dangerous corners		 A baboon I think
A baboon I think		 Uphill
Uphill		 Downhill
Downhill
A step function
A step function		 Accident scene
Accident scene		 Slipped off the road
Slipped off the road		 Kicking up some dust
Kicking up some dust		 Broken down
Broken down		 King of the road
King of the road
The village
The village		 Approach to ferry on the Bantala river
Approach to ferry on the Bantala river		 The kid looks real serious
The kid looks real serious		 The ramp required use of the 4X4 mode on the vehicle
The ramp required use of the 4X4 mode on the vehicle		 Mechanically driven - Sindefing helped
Mechanically driven - Sindefing helped		 Crossing the river
Crossing the river
Fellow traveler
Fellow traveler		 Ready to disembark
Ready to disembark		 Back into the woods
Back into the woods		 Broken down on the narrow mountain road
Broken down on the narrow mountain road		 Barely climbing up the hill
Barely climbing up the hill		 Storm clouds
Storm clouds
No seat belts
No seat belts		 Manouvering down the hill
Manouvering down the hill		 Termite hills
Termite hills		 Repair work
Repair work		 Dodgy bridge
Dodgy bridge		 Much better bridge
Much better bridge
New pavement a litte more than 100K from the border
New pavement a litte more than 100K from the border		 Beautiful skies
Beautiful skies		 Late lunch stop at Koundara
Late lunch stop at Koundara		 Lunch is done
Lunch is done		 Making asses of themselves
Making asses of themselves		 Waiting at one of the roadblocks near the border
Waiting at one of the roadblocks near the border
Miracle that this one works!
Miracle that this one works!		 In the heat
In the heat		 Carts pulled by donkeys
Carts pulled by donkeys		 Early sighting of villages in Senegal
Early sighting of villages in Senegal		 Up the hill through the village
Up the hill through the village		 In a town on the crossroad to Gambia
In a town on the crossroad to Gambia
One way to travel
One way to travel		 Descending on a cloudy evening
Descending on a cloudy evening		 Symphony in the sky
Symphony in the sky		 Dark
Dark		 Villages and storm clouds
Villages and storm clouds		 About to cross the Gambia river
About to cross the Gambia river
In Tambacounda
In Tambacounda

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