I've been a bit slack lately so here are some pictures...
The first is of Goree Island, a few minutes on the ferry over from Dakar but seems like a million miles away. beautiful colonial buildings, bougainvillea, the beach... oh and a fairly sinister history as a jump off point for slaving ships. A really interesting place, with a monument to emancipation and an interesting museum (apparently - it's been too busy to get in both times I have been) and now a firm stop over on the Roots Tour. It was referred to the other night by the Minister of Something or Other in his speech at the Queen's Birthday Party at the British Embassy. Having accidentally managed to insult a couple of important people present (he was trying to give compliments, but they just didn't come out right, poor feller) he then made reference to being on British soil in the heart of Senegal, but of course, that's not the first time we British have been here, since we did have Goree for a bit and directed the slave trade from there... Anyway, God Save the Queen!
This next one is of some lads net fishing in Aberdeen Creek just outside of Freetown on the Sierra Leone Estuary. It might look a bit grey, but the creek is full of fish and attracts all sorts of waterbirds, but it's under threat from the encroaching growing city and planned projects for hotels and the like. Wonder what it will be like in a few years time...
i've put some new pictures up on my flickr account if you fancy procrastinating a bit before starting work...
