Blog 13

a)
   1) Dakar is a oceanside town. It features the immense sculpture Monument to the African Rennisance. lovely beaches, and simple yet elegant architecture. It also has some left over military emplancements that are now historic sites. It is the capital of Senegal.
   2) The Red Lake is a lake. It is red. That is, the water is red. It seems to be fairly shallow and is a beach, and also has boating. One can also rent dune buggys and play in the large expanses of sand or groves of trees around the lake.
    3) The Bandia reserve is a nature reserve, but established for toursits-- that is, it is expected for pedestrians to interact with the animals. It has some very cute monkeys. It also contains large ungulates of the savannah, giraffes and zebras and rhinos and antelope, and crocodiles. There are tour buses that take tourists around and show them the animals.
    4) The Lompull desert is a desert. They have camel rides and one can play in the sandy dunes.
    5) There is a bird park, an enourmus bird sanctuary in which one can go around on boats and see many types of cool birds up close.
b)
The isle of Goree is famous as a port for trading and for having been colonized by France for several hundred years (with brief occupations and captures by Britain). It was notably (though dubiously) a major port in the Atlantic slave trade; the most prominent slave-trading house is now a museum showing the horrors of slavery.
c) L'arbe sont un Baobab. Les Baobabs sont tr'es veux et tr'es importants pour les Se'ne'galis parce que les arbes ont beaucoup d'utilizations. Il represente la vie et Se'ne'gal.