The slaving island of Gorée

Day: 2
Location: Ile de Goree, Dakar, Senegal
Weather: Beautiful
Health: Perfect
Accomodation: hotel du Marche - Room price: 13K CFA
Morale: 8
Song of the day: "Angel" by Massive Attack
Shower: Yes
Total spend: 37K CFA

AW: Leisurely Sunday was obligatory given that the city grinds to a halt, but we took advantage and went to the slave island 30 min off the coast of Dakar, called Ile de Goree. It will almost certainly be the most touristy thing we do on the trip, but it was excellent. A big fort, nice little beach, slave house, and generally crumbling town were good for photos. To bed early tonight as tomorrow will be busy.

GB: Took a great nap on the beach, plugged into iPods. Watching the tourists walk off the boat onto the island from the beach made me realize for a second how strange it must seem for someone to see a bunch of people from places they can barely imagine come and take pictures and put on sunscreen etc. And we were some of those for an afternoon. I guess no matter how hard you try you remain a stranger outside of your own country.