I love boats, and the colorful fishing boats that line Dakar’s beaches were what interested me in traveling to Senegal. Mosque of the Divinity sits above a beach covered in some of the most beautiful fishing boats I saw during my time there.
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Lac Rose, Senegal
Lac Rose, located about an hour outside Dakar, has an algae in the water that turns the water pink. It also has a high salt content (equivalent to the Dead Sea), allowing salt to be mined and exported across West Africa.
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Goree Island, Senegal
Goree Island is a small pedestrian island off the southern coast of Dakar. The island is known for its role in the Atlantic slave trade, and houses several remnants including a museum in the former House of Slaves building. This was one of my favorite places in Dakar, and a welcome respite from the hustle
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Ngor Island, Senegal
Ngor Island is a small pedestrian island just off the northern coast of Dakar. It’s so close, you can see it from Ngor Beach and it takes just a few minutes by boat to arrive. You can explore the island on foot in around an hour, and then have lunch at one of the restaurants
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Moroccan Food, Marrakech
Morocco is home to many eccentric foods and exotic delicacies. The Jemaa el-Fnaa square, in the heart of Marrakech’s Medina, is host to various food vendors selling dried fruits and nuts, and fresh-squeezed juice. Fruit and nut vendor in Jemaa el-Fnaa. Juice vendor in Jemaa el-Fnaa. Surrounding the Jemaa el-Fnaa are several casual restaurants serving
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Marrakech, Morocco
What is there to say about a place where you feel as though you’ve stepped back in time a century, where life seems invariably halted as if preserved inside a Petri dish? This phenomenon is known to the world as the Marrakech Medina, or “old city.” There is something magical in the sheer and utter