Senegal

We crossed from the Gambia into Senegal and drove south towards Zuguinchor, a major city near the border. We crossed endless mangrove swamp and flat estuary farmland.

One to the mangrove swamps and an attempt to preserve the mangroves by replanting them at the margins of the shrinking mangrove as this is an important area for birds and bird migration.

One of the roadside farmhouses with branches pushed end first int the soul to keep out free roaming animals.

 Crossing the Cashew River and finally we arrived in Zuguinchor.

Not much to see here at all. for instance the highlights were the tourist office for the architecture,

a statue in the centre of the city.

A typically African scene along the roadside.

The awful roads so badly potholed that you are lucky to get 20kph and vehicles prefer to use the sand at the edge of the road rather than the road.

But every town has a colourful market.

 And the bigger termite hill to date.