Senegal: Gateway to West Africa
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My last trip was at the end of 2023 (Nov 29 - Dec 27, I traveled to Senegal on the West coast of Africa for a short visit (Dec 1-5);. I flew there from Spain's Canary Island (Gran Canaria) and had been attempting for travel there since before the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 - 2022. Although my stay was short, it seems that I accomplished the aims of my trip:
2) to visit the site in Dakar, the capital city called the Island of Goree, where hundreds of thousands of African men and women were brought as slaves before being sent on ships to the New World.
The visit to Goree Island was a very moving experience as it is stated that only one-fifth of the captured people were able to live long enough to actually be sent into slavery. Also, the animals in the Bandia Reserve were mostly not native species, but were brought to the Bandia Reserve in order to protect them and educate visitors about the plight of many animal species.
