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Lake Rose ... that was not really pink!

Un gd lac a 25km de Dakar, souvent (ms pas toujours) avec une teinte rose. Parait-il, ca depend du temps (s'il a plu..), des algues, du taux de sel, bref personne ne sait trop de koi ca depend.. Il est tres salé, et d'ailleurs c la l'activite de ce lac, la recolte du sel.
On s'organise l'excursion avec Jocelyne (la veille de partir en Casamance en fait, oui bon ce blog est un peu en desordre ms tant pis ca n'altere pas sa qualité ;-pp)
Deja, super galere d'aller la-bas, c simple il n'y a pas de transport en commun pr y acceder. Ou alors il faut prendre 2 mini-bus Ndiaga-Ndiaye differents, marcher plusieurs km, prendre un taxi, bref galere koi.. Ou alors le + simple, louer un taxi+chauffeur pr la journee, si possible a plusieurs touristes pr ke ca revienne moins cher (>20 000 CFA lease!)
We therefore kom ac, with 2 meetings per Joce the tourists or she stays. We arrive on site, already the lake is not pink. Kelle color ile st then? Ben Blue, gray, a natural lake kom koi. But lol. Well, there are many canoes ds water with people trying to harvest the salt, reducing women filled basins on the shore. It's also full of young women and girls coming towards you, tourist toubab, pr you sell necklaces, bracelets zebu horn, etc. ... And it quickly became drunk. As you know kil better not to show interest from the beginning, otherwise they leave you alone vmt more, well you look and not even you do not buy, or else just a bracelet, get rid of dr, damage Paske would have taken several well worry if you had been watching quietly leaves. C ca they understand not here. They lose a LOT of potential customers, focusing too heavily, while AC drives away ...
In short, pretty disappointing, Lac Rose. C, c not the case with those (other interns ki bcp they love their excursion) ki have the opportunity to see very bright, and walk around the dunes in 4x4 ds tt around, of ACCESSING deserted beaches etc. ..! But I g not found it very interesting. We'll eat
o resto Lake, very nice very nice, very good too, run by French. The AC + becomes interesting because I decided to test the swimming lake ds: Hyper I said salty kom (kom just the Dead Sea) should especially avoid putting your head under water and water ds eyes! You float ms (slightly less than in Dead Sea, kan meme!) C funny, it stings from anywhere (you do not have interest to have a wound or a scratch qqpart, if you remember! And especially viscous c , kom if you touched a fish! Then you go out and you do the wash by a Senegalese bucket of fresh water (ds taking the fish pond!). In short, funny ca ct.

After that we continued our trip (yes Paske good, Lac Rose, it takes 30min to see koi, 2 hours with a meal koi lol), we go to the Fishing Village of Cayar. The beach lined with colorful boats (tjs the same), the men come back from fishing on the beach and flaunt their fresh fish, the women come to choose those who are interested, and will prepare them + away, sell the pr has ki guys come from the city dr then sell them on the steps, or export them .. Its basically kom ca ke ca walk the villages of fishermen. There is also a corner tt pr-salting and drying fish like herring smoking, ca used in the preparation of dishes such tieboudien! The guide (pkoi tell me we ended up with a guide, and surtt a duty to pay 7000 CFA, I know very annoying ct ms) ns made taste dried fish in the morning, c tres bon. Salt is also used to ward off flies, in fact. Ds
the village, I see two pelicans ke I photograph. A Senegalese (their 'owner', apparently) ms then said "eh you prrends pictures of my birds, we must give them food qqchose pr!". Go c dr left the 'walking wallet', frankly harassing a time, "would take them your fucking 100F.

Then redirects to Dakar, and passing on to the village of Turtles. A sort of park / reserve or are fed, cared for, 'high land tortoises and sea Several pens, giant turtles head of age and head size, some vmt impressive. Without comment, ms cf. Photos.

In short, an interesting day, ms rather disappointing considering the price you have to put kil (30 000CFA taxi finally seen the day extension was - oh yeah, he must remember dr gridlock back in Dakar, the fucking jams ... -), the guide, entrance ds park, restaurant etc. ...

Wild Wild Trouble Rescue

wrestling match at the Stade Demba Diop

Here is the national sport traditional wrestling (and that look ensuite le + les gens c le foot!). Indispensable donc, d'assister a un match de lutte, ds les regles de l'art, en direct koi et pas seulement a la télé!
Dimanche 21 juillet 2007. La Grande Finale "Bombardier vs Gris-Bordeaux". (les pseudos qui tuent, deja... Moi je preferais Gris-Bordeaux, + original kom nom que Bombardier, trop gde gueule je trouve!)
16h. Nous voila donc, avec un groupe d'étudiants Lillois (des stagiaires rencontres ici), en train de faire la queue devant le stade, en plein cagnard. Nous avons deja (ou pas) nos places, 2500CFA ds les gradins (en plein soleil koi, sinon c 5000 en couvert). Tout le monde ns a bien dit de faire attention a ne rien prendre sur soi qui craigne, c la qu'il y a le + de vols. Nous n'avons donc tous que nos petites pochettes avec le strict minimum, + bouteille d'eau oblige! Effectivement une des filles du groupe ne tarde pas a se faire fouiller les poches par un mec, qui repart l'air de rien kan elle s'en rend compte et l'insulte!

Jusque la tt va bien, ns entrons ds le stade, rien n'est commence ms il y a deja une ambiance du feu de dieu! Le grand match est prevu pour 17h30, ms ns savons qu'il va commencer en retard (heure senegalaise koi!) et que avant ca il y a plein de "petits" matchs : des lutteurs volontaires ki se mesurent entre eux. Et de tte facon, le but du jeu n'est pas de ne voir que le matche en lui-meme, ms tt ce qu'il y a autour, l'animation ds le stade, and believe me it folk. The fans, wrestlers entering the arena ds, then that circle the stadium strutting, showing an air of world domination, c quite funny, actually tt ds is the intimidation! They kidnap little by little a layer of clothing, they are watered with water (a heat burst vs. I say), eventually, little by little naked torso, arms, torso, legs, surrounded by gray-gri ...
Helicopter TV (Channel RTS) is taking off and putting a lot of time on the stadium, the qq meters ahead of us (ns I have not seen it on TV I'd be surprised kon ms have not been filmed!) ... the only time airstream!
The two great champions entering the stadium ds, showing a crowd at the same titre que les autres lutteurs, ou dansant la danse traditionnelle au rythme des percussions. Ils ont chacun un gri-gri que leurs 'assistants' portent et trainent derriere eux, mouton noir pr Gris-Bordeaux et miroir pr Bombardier je crois.
Les 'petits' lutteurs (soutenus par des groupes ds les gradins, des clubs de lutte) commencent a faire leur combat. Mais tt ca se fait tjs ds la meme ambiance (cad percus et danses et acclamations diverses, pavanage des autres lutteurs etc...)
Lorsque un lutteur perd, certains de leurs supporters se mettent a tomber kom des mouches, a faire un malaise ou je ne sais koi.. hypoglycemie? malaise vagal? crise convulsive? trop forte emotion? (ils st tellement a fond dedans je vs jure!), on se demandait although ts not a fight at a time ... In fact after the fact somebody told me ke ct Paske these people have gris-gris on them, giving off a very strong ki energy, and when they have finished work, to be useful (like the end of a match or they had to bring good luck), they become too heavy pr person and must be freed in the sb ke!
Ah yes, the games do not last very lgtps in fact, not kom c boxing with several rounds, not the c face-to-face, 1 lost tomb ki! (4 ground supports I believe, like shoulders and back ..)
They first study the custody of la'utre, endorsements, then they are taken by the head, and the blows of a point below fuse, and often we understand not much is happening cki, they fall and the yen has lost a ki ... You understand you have nothing voila c ms over!

Finally, the big match as expected. The two seek to bully and easily spread, and it goes very fast, 39 seconds of game after the media, had g'm watching with my binoculars, I see nothing to make the 2 fall behind even gst the referee, ms which is below?? You've had anything to understand the tps ke winner (c lekel shit I admit it!) Gets up and raises his arms, and the crowd was unleashed, people running everywhere, will the DS stage, yelling the name of winner - apparently good ah c Gris Bordeaux (gt dr cool him!) - and you ca pinball Paske starting to be anarchy. It starts out of the stadium, apparently the c baston ds the streets outside, the ki are the military security are our group to start out and say ns to stay there, wait a bit ke ca ns calms down and they escorted juska out! Good +
finally with fear ke bad, it is okay tt whole! With beautiful pictures in your head!