Market Florist, Senegal

A wonderfully colourful card from Senegal, courtesy of Sebastien :) Somewhere along the way a bit of perfume was spilt on the card and the whole bunch from the mailbox was smelling for days.. How apt, I guess..!

UNESCO - Island of Gorée, Senegal

The Island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the Portuguese, Dutch, English and French, its architecture is characterized by the contrast between the grim slave-quarters and the elegant houses of the slave traders. Today it continues to serve as a reminder of human exploitation and as a sanctuary for reconciliation.

Uhm uhm...not even sure if this qualifies as an Unesco card as it doesn't show any infrastructure; but i'll be cheeky with this one heh xD

Mauritania to Senegal

Travelling thru Mauritania was quick and one stop was the capital Nouakchott, where my friend was lucky to find this postcard :) unfortunatelly the post office seemed permanently closed so it travelled from the next stop: Senegal.

Dakar, capital of Senegal, is its largest city situated on the Cap-Vert peninsula; the population of its metropolitan area is estimated at 2.45 million people. In the top-middle photo you can see Ile de Goree, once famous as a destination for Atlantic slave traders (now a whs unesco site).
Beaches are lovely in Senegal's southmost region Casamance, and the climate is more tropic than in the rest of the country - many tourists there to prove it :)
These have been posted on 7th of December 2007.