Senegal & Gambia

327 photos from my journey through Senegal and Gambia (April 2025)


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Dakar - Cathedral of Our Lady of Victories
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Dakar - Independence square
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Dakar - Kermel market - Ceiling
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Dakar - Kermel market
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Dakar - BCEAO Main Building
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Dakar - A view from Corniche street
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Dakar - Presidential palace
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Dakar - The Museum of Black Civilisations
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Dakar - Port
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Dakar - Port
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Dakar - Port - Tanker
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Gorée - Island
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Gorée - Shore
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Gorée - Beach
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Gorée - Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
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Gorée - Weavers
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Gorée - Yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius)
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Gorée - Yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius)
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Gorée - Yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius)
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Gorée - Yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius)
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Gorée - Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
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Gorée - Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
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Gorée - Triangular building on Rue Saint Germain
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Gorée - House of Slaves
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Gorée - House of Slaves
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Gorée - House of Slaves - Lantern
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Gorée - House of Slaves
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Gorée - House of Slaves - Wall pattern detail
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Gorée - House of Slaves
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Gorée - House of Slaves
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Gorée - Street
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Gorée - Baobab
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Gorée - Street
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Gorée - Shop
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Gorée - Door
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Gorée - St. Charles Eglise
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Gorée - Yellow-billed kites (Milvus aegyptius)
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Gorée - Yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius)
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Gorée - Guns of Navarrone
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Gorée - Gorée-Almadies memorial
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Gorée - View of Dakar at sunset
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Gorée - Building
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Gorée - Old hospital
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Gorée - Baobab
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Gorée - Governmental palace
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Gorée - Window
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Gorée - Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
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Gorée - Flower with bee-fly
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Gorée
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Gorée - Street
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Gorée - Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
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Gorée - Yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius)
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Gorée - Yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius)
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Gorée - Fort d'Estrée
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Gorée - Fort d'Estrée - Cannons
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Gorée - Island
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Dakar
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Dakar - Port
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Dakar - Dakar Railway Station
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Lac Rose
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Lac Rose - Surface
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Lac Rose - Senegali flag reflection
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Lac Rose - Salt foam
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Lac Rose - Salt boat
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Lac Rose - Salt boats
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Lac Rose - Little stint (Calidris minuta)
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Lac Rose - Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
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Lac Rose - Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
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Lac Rose - Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
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Lac Rose - Geiger tree (Cordia sebestena)
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Lac Rose - Black-bellied firefinch (Lagonosticta rara)
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Lac Rose - Black-bellied firefinch (Lagonosticta rara)
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Lac Rose - Shore
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Lac Rose - Shore
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Lac Rose - Bronze mannikins (Spermestes cucullata)
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Lac Rose - Bronze mannikins (Spermestes cucullata)
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Near Kayar - Atlantic ocean
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Near Kayar - Atlantic ocean
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Near Kayar - Atlantic ocean
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Kayar - Fishing village
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Kayar - Fishing village - Boats
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Kayar - Fishing village - Preparing the net
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Kayar - Fishing village - Horse cart
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Kayar - Fishing village - Boat
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Kayar - Fishing village - Sunfish
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Kayar - Fishing village - Water seller
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Kayar - Fishing village - Boat
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Kayar - Fishing village
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Kayar - Fishing village - Boats
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Kayar - Fishing village - Boat workshop
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Sunrise in the desert
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Sand pattern
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Desert
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Desert
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Sand waves in the desert
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Desert
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Animal footsteps in the sand
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Small shrub
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Desert
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Sand patterns
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Small tunnel in the sand
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Broken sand surface
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Desert
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Desert camp
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Ecolodge de Lompoul - Desert cat
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Near Lompoul - Zircon mining
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On the road to Saint Louis - Clothes market
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On the road to Saint Louis - Old car
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On the road to Saint Louis - School - Schoolboy writing on the blackboard
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On the road to Saint Louis - School - Blackboard
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Saint Louis - Water tower
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Saint Louis - Western reef heron (Egretta gularis)
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Saint Louis - Western reef heron (Egretta gularis)
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Saint Louis - Little tern (Sternula albifrons)
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Saint Louis - School Charles De Gaulle
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Saint Louis - Faidherbe Bridge
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Saint Louis - Old post
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Saint Louis - Eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta)
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Saint Louis - Eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta)
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Saint Louis - Western cattle egret (Ardea ibis)
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Saint Louis - Western cattle egret (Ardea ibis)
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Saint Louis - Yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius)
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Saint Louis - Western reef heron (Egretta gularis)
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Saint Louis - Western reef heron (Egretta gularis)
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Saint Louis - Western reef heron (Egretta gularis)
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Saint Louis - Western cattle egret (Ardea ibis)
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Saint Louis - Shore
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Saint Louis - Building
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Saint Louis - Grande Mosquée de Saint-Louis
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Saint Louis - Grande Mosquée de Saint-Louis
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Saint Louis - La Grue Nord - Old steam crane from 1883
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Saint Louis - La Grue Nord - Old steam crane from 1883
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Saint Louis - La Grue Nord - Old steam crane from 1883
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Saint Louis - Cotton tree
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Saint Louis - Senegali saints
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Saint Louis - Men in traditional boubou dresses
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Saint Louis - Shore
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Saint Louis - Atlantic ocean
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Saint Louis - Shore
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Saint Louis - Boat transport
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Saint Louis - Driving through the city
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Saint Louis - Fishing boats
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Saint Louis - Fishing boats
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Pelicans and ducks
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Pelicans and ducks
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Knob-billed ducks (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - White-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Warthog
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Warthog
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Warthog family
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - African fish eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - African fish eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - African fish eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Pelican
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Eurasian spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Spoonbills
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - White-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) and spur-winged goose
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Pelicans
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Zebus
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Pelican
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Flying pelican
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Juvenile African fish eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Pelican
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - African spoonbill (Platalea alba)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - African spoonbill (Platalea alba)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Crocodile
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Spur-winged geese (Plectropterus gambensis)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta)
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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Pelicans
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Near Touba - Abyssinian roller (Coracias abyssinicus)
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Near Touba - Abyssinian roller (Coracias abyssinicus)
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Near Touba - Abyssinian roller (Coracias abyssinicus)
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Near Touba - Flying Abyssinian roller (Coracias abyssinicus)
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Ecolodge de Koba - Animal skull
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Ecolodge de Koba - Horses
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Ecolodge de Koba - Hildebrandt's starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)
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Ecolodge de Koba - Black-headed lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
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Ecolodge de Koba - Black-headed lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
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Ecolodge de Koba - Village - House roof
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Ecolodge de Koba - Village - Woman preparing the food
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Ecolodge de Koba - Village - Children
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Ecolodge de Koba - Villagers
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Ecolodge de Koba - Villagers
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Ecolodge de Koba - Yellow-crowned gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
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Ecolodge de Koba - Greater blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
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Ecolodge de Koba - African grey woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae)
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Ecolodge de Koba - African grey woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae)
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Ecolodge de Koba - Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
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Ecolodge de Koba - African green bee-eater (Merops viridissimus)
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Touba - Local girl
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Minaret
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Minarets
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Columns
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Dome ceiling
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Column
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Window
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Window detail
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Minaret
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Corridor ceiling
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Interior
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Minaret
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Golden roof ornament
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Roof
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Mausoleum
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Mausoleum dome
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Minaret
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Writing
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Chandelier
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Mausoleum
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Khassida meditation
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Touba - Great Mosque of Touba - Khassida meditation
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Purple starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Yellow-headed blue agama
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Yellow-headed blue agama
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Yellow-headed blue agama
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Yellow-headed blue agama
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Weaver on a faucet
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Greater blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Common bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Red-breasted swallow (Cecropis semirufa)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Starling female
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Greater blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Pigeon
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Copper sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus)
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Kabacoto Safari lodge - Copper sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus)
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Nomadic camp
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Sine Ngayene - Pearl millet milling
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Sine Ngayene - Pearl millet
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Sine Ngayene - Children
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Sine Ngayene - Stone circles
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Sine Ngayene - Stone circles
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Sine Ngayene - Stone circles
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Sine Ngayene - Stone circles
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Sine Ngayene - Stone circles - Stone detail
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Sine Ngayene - Stone circles - Agamas
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Sine Ngayene - Stone circles - 360 panorama
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Sine Ngayene - Locust
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Near Sine Ngayene - Baobab forest
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Near Sine Ngayene - Baobab
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Near Sine Ngayene - Baobab forest
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Near Sine Ngayene - Baobab detail
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Near Sine Ngayene - Termite mound
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Ferry from Barra to Banjul
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Banjul - Floating power plant
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Banjul - Western cattle egret (Ardea ibis)
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Abuko nature reserve - Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides)
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Abuko nature reserve - Black heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
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Abuko nature reserve - Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
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Abuko nature reserve - Nymphaea lotus
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Abuko nature reserve - African spoonbill (Platalea alba)
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Abuko nature reserve - African spoonbill (Platalea alba)
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Abuko nature reserve - African spoonbills (Platalea alba)
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Abuko nature reserve - African spoonbills (Platalea alba)
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Abuko nature reserve - African spoonbills (Platalea alba)
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Abuko nature reserve - Atlantic mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus)
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Abuko nature reserve - Afruca fiddler crabs
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Abuko nature reserve - Afruca fiddler crab
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Abuko nature reserve - Afruca fiddler crab
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Abuko nature reserve - White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
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Abuko nature reserve - Senegal coucal (Centropus senegalensis)
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Abuko nature reserve - Blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
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Abuko nature reserve - Blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
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Abuko nature reserve - Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
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Abuko nature reserve - Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
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Abuko nature reserve - Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
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Abuko nature reserve - Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)
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Abuko nature reserve - Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)
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Abuko nature reserve - African jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
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Abuko nature reserve - African jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
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Banjul - Albert market
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Banjul - Albert market - Vegetables
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Banjul - Albert market - Tailor
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Banjul - Albert market - Wood worker
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Banjul - Albert market - Leather worker
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Banjul - Parade grandstand
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Banjul - Roundabout
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Banjul - Arch 22
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Banjul - Hooded vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus) in a tree
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Banjul - Northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
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Banjul - Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) drinking water
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Banjul - Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) drinking water
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Banjul - Long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus)
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Banjul - Northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
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Banjul - Northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
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Banjul - Northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
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Banjul - Splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)
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Banjul - Common bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
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Banjul - Street
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Banjul - Building
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Banjul - King Fahad Mosque
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Banjul - Building
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Banjul - Little mosque
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Banjul - Street
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Banjul - Beach
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Banjul - Beach detail
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Serrekunda - Driving on the Coastal road