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Showing posts with label SENEGAL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SENEGAL. Show all posts

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Goree-1, SENEGAL









Goree Island: About twenty minutes ride from Dakar (Capital City of Senegal), the island of Goree, deeply rooted in the history of the slave trade. From the beginning of the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, men, women, and children were gathered on this small piece of land, locked up in cells before being shipped away to the New World.

The island was seized by the Portuguese, the Dutch, the French, and the British all of whom participated in the trade. Forts and cannons attest of the island's violent past.

Most of the buildings were used as warehouses or slaves'houses. Some have been turned into museums. The most famous is "La Maison des Esclaves" which used to hold up to two hundred captives. Their cells can be visited, as can be the apartment of the slave dealers upstairs. From the "Door of no Return" countless Senegalese caught a last glimpse of their homeland before boarding the slave ships.

All Wallpaper: HOME, 2D PICURE, 3D PICTURE, ANIMAL, ANIMAL-2, ANIMAL-3, ASHULIA ROAD, DHAKA, BANGLADESH, Beraid (Dhaka), BANGLADESH, BIRD-1, Coxsbazar - Longest Seabeach, COXSBAZAR - Longest Seabeach-2, FANTASY - 1, Fantasy - 2, FANTASY-3, Funny Wallpaper - 1, Funny Wallpaper -2, FLOWER-1, KAPTAI - Bangladesh, MOUNTAINS - 1, MUSHROOM WALLPAPER-1, NarayanGonj, Bangladesh, National Geographics - 1, NATURE-1, RANGPUR - Bangladesh, SEA BEACH-1, TANGUA, BANGLADESH,

SENEGAL-1








Senegal, 196722 square kilometers is located in the westernmost part of the Africa continent.Senegal has the required assets for a blooming tourism industry. It is only a few hours away from major tourist markets; five hours away from Western Europe and about seven hours away from the East Coast of the United States. Besides it is a sunny country claiming more than 3000 hours of sunshine yearly. All forms of tourism can be experienced in Senegal seaside resorts (leisure, aquatic sports, horseback riding, discovery and more), cultural tourism, bird watching, sport tourism (hunting, scuba diving), ecotourism, historic museums, gorgeous natural sites, six major game parks and reseves, diversified fauna and flora to name a few.

Despite various influences (Western influence due to a long French presence in West Africa, Middle Eastern influence due to a tradition of multiple exchanges with North Africa and Arab Countries), Senegal has its own brand of exotic music, food and customs that gives it the right dash of spice. Its weather is tropical, hot and humid: - the rainy season (May to November) has some strong southeast winds; - the dry season (Decmber to April) is dominated by hot, dry, humid and harmattan winds.
Senegal is home to some of the most photographed beaches in the world.
The reefs and cays of the coastal are heaven for divers, holding out the promise of such extraordinary sightings of the underworld.
Dakar, the melting pot capital city, is one of the busiest cruise ships port in Africa and boasts an
exciting restaurant and club scene, as well as duty-free shoppings.

All Wallpaper: HOME, 2D PICURE, 3D PICTURE, ANIMAL, ANIMAL-2, ANIMAL-3, ASHULIA ROAD, DHAKA, BANGLADESH, Beraid (Dhaka), BANGLADESH, BIRD-1, Coxsbazar - Longest Seabeach, COXSBAZAR - Longest Seabeach-2, FANTASY - 1, Fantasy - 2, FANTASY-3, Funny Wallpaper - 1, Funny Wallpaper -2, FLOWER-1, KAPTAI - Bangladesh, MOUNTAINS - 1, MUSHROOM WALLPAPER-1, NarayanGonj, Bangladesh, National Geographics - 1, NATURE-1, RANGPUR - Bangladesh, SEA BEACH-1, TANGUA, BANGLADESH,

Friday, July 18, 2008

Pelican Bird, Oiseaux du Djoudj National Park , Senegal






Oiseaux du Djoudj National Park: The Oiseaux du Djoudj National Park lies on the north bank of the River Senegal in Senegal, north east of St-Louis. It provides a range of wetland habitats which prove very popular with migrating birds, many of which have just crossed the Sahara. Of almost 400 species of birds, the most visible are pelicans and flamingos. A wide range of wildlife also inhabits the park, which is designated a World Heritage Site. The site was added to the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger in 2000 due to the introduction of the invasive giant salvinia plant, which threatens to choke out the park's native vegetation

Senegal (French: le Sénégal), officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south. The Gambia lies almost entirely within Senegal, surrounded on the north, east and south; from its western coast, Gambia's territory follows the Gambia River more than 300 kilometres (186 miles) inland. Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cape Verde Peninsula on the country's Atlantic coast.

All Wallpaper: HOME, 2D PICURE, 3D PICTURE, ANIMAL, ANIMAL-2, ANIMAL-3, ASHULIA ROAD, DHAKA, BANGLADESH, Beraid (Dhaka), BANGLADESH, BIRD-1, Coxsbazar - Longest Seabeach, COXSBAZAR - Longest Seabeach-2, FANTASY - 1, Fantasy - 2, FANTASY-3, Funny Wallpaper - 1, Funny Wallpaper -2, FLOWER-1, KAPTAI - Bangladesh, MOUNTAINS - 1, MUSHROOM WALLPAPER-1, NarayanGonj, Bangladesh, National Geographics - 1, NATURE-1, RANGPUR - Bangladesh, SEA BEACH-1, TANGUA, BANGLADESH,