Mboro, a termite mound, and the door of no return

Ken traveled with us to visit our land on the beach in Mboro. These first two shots are taken in our front yard with our Uncle Abdou Dieye, who gave us a grand tour of Mboro and fed us a wonderful air-conditioned meal of the Senegalese national dish, theibujen (fish over rice). My highlight of the tour was meeting the local Senegalese rasta man who has two American wives, living in the traditional African style. Unfortunately his wives were in Oregon at the time.

Ken and I also visited Goree island, where we toured the famous and haunting maison des esclaves (house of slaves), served as target practice for the local kids playing soccer, relaxed in the shade with a couple cold sodas, and took in the ambiance of a fresh new dawn of human freedom.