Route Nationale 1 - Dakar to Kidira

Map of the Republic of Senegal - we drove from Dakar to Tambacounda in a long day	Baobab trees along Senegal's Route Nationale 1 just before sunrise	It would have been nice if the guide had stopped...these were from the moving bus	Car silhouetted against the rising sun...they stopped for this one
Our home for the next 24 days, Rotel Tours of Passau, Germany	The unusual baobab tree is national tree of Senegal	Areas along Route Nationale 1 are thick with baobabs	Mbour, Senegal
Mbour, Senegal	Bushpause - gents to the left, ladies to the right	16 year old student, Senegal	Walking along Senegal's Route Nationale 1
Senegalese kraal, near Tiadiaye	1-horsepower vehicle, Senegal	West Africans often dress very colorfully	Large kapok tree in front of a school, 30 minutes west of Gandiaye
The guide was very keen on plants, so we often stopped and received explanations	Salt recovered from the Siné-Saloum Salt Marshes near Fatick-Kaolack, Senegal	Salty Siné-Saloum River Estuary, Senegal	Siné-Saloum River Estuary, Senegal
Gandiaye, Senegal	Gandiaye, Senegal	Sibassor Mosque	Large mosque outside Kaolack along RN1
Mosque just prior to Kaolack, Senegal	Kaolack Mosque	Local boys, Kaolack	Nice machete...careful with that
Bye bye	Sculpture, Kaolack	Kaolack - Ecole Elementaire Ibrahima Diouf, Senegal	French-colonial-style house on Avenue Valdiodio Ndiaye, Kaolack, Senegal
Gouvernance - Région de Kaolack	Kaolack has a large market but we did not stop	Grande Mosquée of the Baye-Niass brotherhood, Kaolack	A small mosque, Kaolack
Man washing in the Saloum River by Kaolack	Instead of stopping at the market in Kaolack for lunch, Rotel likes taking the mid-day break in the middle of nowhere	The brochure calls this "unsere beliebte picknicks" - their way of keeping the guests from eating anywhere dodgy I guess...	Grasshopper
Grasshopper	Fully laden double donkey cart	Large herd of goats in a freshlz harvested field	SenegalNov06 651.jpg
Baobab	Baobab forest around Kaffrine	Baobab forest along Route Nationale 1, Senegal	Baobab fruit
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Thatched hut, Senegal	Small village along RN1, Senegal	Chez Mamadou Diallo with an old film Nikon	Stopping in a small village to buy French-style bread
Girls in a Senegal village	Senegalese village in a baobab forest along Route Nationale 1	Picturesque roadside village among the baobabs	I didn't manage to catch the name of this village
Baobab in a small village	Man bringing a horse for water at the village well, Senegal	Village well	A deep well
Well	A very pathetic looking horse	Skinny horse and foal	Baobab village, Senegal
Baobab	The base of a massive baobab	Square thatched huts, Senegal	Village where we stopped to see the well
Friendly village along Route Nationale 1	Senegal village	Baobab	Baobab
Boy in the village with the well	Roadside village among the baobabs, Senegal	The Rotel truck makes a big impression everywhere it stops	Bye bye
Route Nationale 1 is in terrible condition full of potholes as you get closer to Tambacounda, this is near Keur Ablaye	Vultures	Village	Koungheul, Senegal
Senegalese truck with the Bismillah and American flag	Senegal village	Senegal village	Square shapped huts, Senegal
Peter, did you write down what these sacks were?	West African beef	Cart fully laden with thatch	Young girl carrying a small pot
West African cattle	Casa de Santé, Doubalampour (which I believe is the name of this village)	Remains of an ancient Senegambian stone circle, of which there are around 1000 in Sengal and the Gambia	Laterite pillars used in the Senegambian stone circles
Excited boys running towards our truck as we arrive	Cadeau! Cadeau!	Doubalampour, Senegal, between Koungheul and Koumpentoum	Doubalampour, Senegal
Doubalampour, Senegal	Boys from the village walking with Hubertus	Bales of ??	Doubalampour, Senegal
Doubalampour, Senegal	Rondavel	Boy in a village of Doubalampour	Getting ready to move on
Kids at Doubalampour	We can attract quite a crowd!	Baobab	Rotel Tours - Das Rollende Hotel
European Roller (thanks Peter!)	European Roller	Man along the road in a Senegalese village	Roadkill
Square thatched huts, Senegal	Potholes along Route Nationale 1 approaching Tambacounda	Termite mound, Senegal	Hubertus with a termite mound
Another pause along Route National 1, Senegal	Rotel	Freight train passing herd of cattle near Tambacounda	Dakar-Bamako Railroad locomotive number CC2482 Transrail
Baobab sunset, Senegal	Baobab sunset, Senegal	Locomotive of the Dakar-Bamako Railroad pulling a freight train into Tambacounda	Billboard for Houston brand of cigarettes, Senegal
Soccer game along the roadside, Tambacounda	Senegal diesel - US$1.12 per liter ($4.24 a gallon) Tambacounda	Mosaic sign at the Hotel Asta Kebe in Tambacounda	The pool of the Hotel Asta Kebe in Tambacounda was the only source of water!
Hotel Asta Kebe in Tambacounda looks like it was once very nice but has been severely neglected	Cactus, Tambacounda	Rotel Dinner at the hotel in Tambacounda	Tambacounda
Dakar-Bamako Railwaz passing through Tambacounda	Looks like they spent the night in Tamba as well - CC2482 Transrail	Freight train headed for landlocked Mali	Dakar-Bamako Railroad
After the French left, much of what they built fell in to ruin	Ruins of the railway station of Bouigheul-Bamba, Dakar-Bamako line	Senegal Route National 1 is in an excellent state between Tambacounda and Kidira, as well as all the way to Kayes, Mali	Senegal uses French-style milestones. RN1 67 km west of Kidira
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Dakar-Bamako Railway line east of Tambacounda	SenegalNov06 886.jpg	SenegalNov06 887.jpg	SenegalNov06 888.jpg
SenegalNov06 889.jpg	Change from the square huts we had seen along the way to round huts that will dominate through western Mali	Baobab	Baobab
Massive baobab	A giant baobab tree 19km west of Kidira	SenegalNov06 899.jpg	SenegalNov06 900.jpg
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French style milestone, Senegal RN1	Baby donkey, Senegal	Last village before Kidira	Erosion outside Kidira