TOURING

We entered Senegal again happy to be rid of the rude attitude of some locals in Gambia. We found the beautiful resort of Wassadou were we had a great view of the river and saw hippos and monkeys. We were allowed to camp there which was great news as we all desperately needed a good shower. The next morning we headed to Parc National Niokolo-Koba, where we were told that we had to take a guide with us. He was adamant to sit in the front seat of the car so he could see the animals better, which made Louise pretty angry and the view from the back seat is not that great. We saw lots of warthogs and other types of antelopes and baboons in the park, maybe not as spectacular as south or east Africa wildlife but it was a good park. Our guide convinced us that he would give us the next morning for free if we would drive him to another village outside the park. As we were going that way anyway we thought that was an ok deal. We spent the night in Camp du Lion, a camp site which had good reviews to our great surprise. If you want a shower you get a bucket of water, and don’t even go into the toilets – so forget any facilities here, it was more of a bush camp that we had to pay for. But Eric cut Ellens hair that evening which was quite amusing. The heat and humidity had gotten too much for Louise and without any dinner went to bed early only to keep on sweating and feeling very very hot.

The next morning we left before 6am and headed for the border town of Kedougou to cross into beautiful Mali at Kenieba.