TravelingV

A Farewell to Senegal

Posted by TravelingV | 4th July 2008

Hello again. I just thought I’d give a final account of our last day in Senegal and to let you all know we made it home intact!

On our last day in Dakar, most of the group went shopping, but a few of us were able to arrange a trip to “Serpent Island,” which is a misnomer because there really are not many snakes on the island (perhaps some Psammophis elegans, which we did not see, unfortunately!). The name Serpent originated because a man who called himself Mr. Sarpan was found on the main island. The island is really part of the Iles de Madeleines, which comprise Le Parc National des Iles de la Madeleine, the smallest national park in the world!

It was a fantastic journey, beginning with a boatride to the island and ending in a swim in the lagoon.

On the trip in we traveled below cliffs white with guano, that towered above

Continued | The Traveling Vanguard

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