Dakar, Senegal

March, 31,2023

Good Morning, early this morning we sailed into Dakar, SenegalDakar is a city of 3.3 million in the country of Senegal with a population of 18 million.Senegal is well-known for its French-african cuisine and its vibrant music scene.Sailing in this AM, we could see the island of Goree in the distance. We booked a tour to visit this island today. Goree is known to be the most westerly point of Africa, and also being an island where slaves were held in prison before being send west to the America’s. Goree is also an Unesco Heritage Site. After we had breakfast we were all ready to go.But then,………….!The captain came on the Intercom, today’s visit would be cancelled due to political onrest on the streets. It was considered not safe to send passengers out on tours. Nobody would be allowed to go off the ship, except for medical reasons. Lots of people on the ship were complaining for captain’s decision, because everything looked quiet on shore. One of our Canadian people we know on board had to go to the hospital for a CAT scan. when they arrived back on the boat, they talked about the heavy police presence in the streets combined with tanks they said. Based on that I believe the Captain made the right call. BBC warned tourists to stay inside their hotels today and stay off the streets. Because of these changes we had to do activities on board instead. Our next stop will be Tenerife in 2 days.Below are some Dakar pictures I took from the boat.

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