Tour - Goree Island

Took a 20min boat ride to the famous Goree Island, a famous slave post 300 years ago. It is a small island 900 mtrs by 300 mtrs with no cars or motorized vehicles. It is designated a UNESCO worldRead more
Took a 20min boat ride to the famous Goree Island, a famous slave post 300 years ago. It is a small island 900 mtrs by 300 mtrs with no cars or motorized vehicles. It is designated a UNESCO worldRead more
Jan's visa never did arrive in Rabat so we caught the train to Casablanca, after a two hour wait and a chat a the Kiwi who was cycling to New Zealand from Scotland via Morocco! Then a bus to theRead more
Got to Sandaga market shortly after 12 noon. This time around we parked in a proper place within the port so no locking of tyre when we return. Walked through the central business district to theRead more
Had an ok breakfast. Tour guide picked me up at 8:05. Got to the city centre for the ferry ride to La Goree Island unfortunately we had missed the boat so decided to go on a 1hr walking tour of theRead more
Leaving the Island: I am the first in my family to leave the Island on a boat of my choosing. Returning to the MotherLand on my terms the same day I arrived.
More pictures from the prison cells in the house of slaves. The emotions became overwhelming to think women and children from my own family were probably in these cells.
Arriving on the island; visiting the cells that may have held my family members...
On the way to the Island....
Visited the Capital City specifically to go to the House of Slaves AKA The Door of No Return.
Für uns ging es heute früh nach Dakar los..
Wir kamen gut durch und konnten uns dort erstmal noch auf der Straße ein leckeres Baguette mit Zwiebelsoße holen.
Dann starteten wir um 10 Uhr mitRead more
You might also know this place by the following names:
Ȋle de Gorée Port, Ile de Goree Port