After two days in Portugal to get used to the time change, we flew to Dakar late last night. Arrived at 2:00 am, and walked out of the airport into heat and humidity — quite a change from Lisbon. We were NOT early risers this morning, but once we got going, enjoyed a tour of some of the main sights. Here’s a very small selection of photos — the first one is the Mosque of the Divinity, beautifully located on the ocean, next one a clifftop view of downtown Dakar.
And 2 pics that illustrate our slightly different approach to travel. It was about 35° today, and the first shows Geoff — the guy in the baseball cap — descending after climbing the 198 stairs to the African Renaissance Monument (yes, he counted them), and me in the easy chair with a bottle of water waiting for him to come back down.
After our guide dropped us at the hotel late afternoon, we decided to go walking by ourselves through some nearby market streets. Very colourful, very noisy, and very full of people, cars, motorcycles — quite an intense “window-shopping” experience.
Looking forward to seeing more of the city and surroundings tomorrow!