We traveled up to St. Louis, the old colonial capital of Senegal, in a sept place (car with seven places but we rented to whole car for the four days). We are two college friends visiting from the US, another preschool teacher, our guide Almamy, the driver. This picture was taken in the garage of my apartment building, Thanksgiving morning as we are leaving.
We stopped to stretch our legs--the trip takes four hours--and walked along this market street.
This is white bissap, it has just been harvested, and will turn white when dried to make white bissap.
This woman was angry at first when one of us tried to take her picture. She shouted at the photographer and even threw one of her vegetables at her. Then, as we walked back along this market path, she came up and apologized and posed for this photograph.
We made another stop to see what the workers were doing in the fields. This is red bissap growing--it is called hibiscus but is different from the typical flowers that we are familar with.
Harvesting peanuts
Nalla sampling fresh peanuts. Yes, Nalla got her dress in Senegal--do you think you could find anything that colorful in the states?
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