Category Archives: Africa The morning we left St. Louis, we ended up having to take a pirogue across the river. We had spent the night on the island, but in the morning the bridge was up for some boats. Apparently, this isn’t a common happening, so the entire town of St. Louis was watching the phenomenon. The pirogue […]  This was a beatiful sunset off the coast of St. Louis, on our way to Mauritania. St. Louis was the former capital of Senegal.  These were the families I stayed with in Mauritania. The one on the left was the family whose home Sahnah and I actually at. In the middle, with the glass in front of her face, is Mamsi, and on our laps are two of her 3 children. On the right picture are the numerous kids, […]  This picture was taken during our ‘illegal’ border brossing. It looks very shady… I know there was some bribing going on…  Look! I’m riding a camel? Haha, Actually, I’m not riding on it, I’m just sitting on it. Since it was nighttime, all the camels’ legs were roped together, so he’s just chilling on the ground with some random human sitting on top. |
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