Le Mistral
Travel Blogs from Mbour
What a way to make a living!
... Church itself is brilliant. It is very different to Ashwood church, my church in Kirkby, very traditional and catholic, but I can’t verbalise how lovely it to be in community with other Christians, to listen to the music and sermons (albeit in French & Wolof!) and feel a complete sense of peace and belonging. I’ve almost nailed the Lord’s Prayer in French too! Religion is such a quintessential part of life here – everybody is ...
So hungry I could eat a ram (or three).
... Of course it didn’t last, as the minute we arrived back to Joal we were whisked away to a naming ceremony. I personally thought it was not dissimilar to an outdoor Avon Party but with more dancing and posher boubous!
Since this crazy weekend we spent a week recovering in the calm of Joal, visiting the CEM upon the premise of starting lessons only to be told ‘After Tabaski!’ We did have a visit from Connie & Klaus with whom we discussed Fas Jom. ...
Lac Rose to Fatick
Not much mileage today only 192km, we got our Gabon visas early and headed straight out of Dakar to lac rose ( that's French for rose lake haha) also the official finish line for the Paris Dakar Rally before it moved to south America! Tick the list! Roads were incredibly bad and the gps proved worthless... Not it's fault, the road just ends, presume it used to be there! ...
What you've all been waiting for...
... we been up to…?
Church – was a lovely service, though we didn’t understand much as it was in French/Wolof/Frolof! But, of course, music is a universal language, and the choir made a beautiful sound to the rhythm of drums. The church was full so we had to sit outside but the atmosphere was tranquil, relaxed and friendly. The service lasted an hour and afterwards we asked about the choir, explored the beautiful old church and jumped ...
Сабо Бад
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