By Gijs Bekenkamp
Uploaded on 27 December 2007
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Ile de Goree, an island about three kilometres from the coast of Dakar. This small volcanic rock is inhabited by 1200 people. According to a local, there are 800 Muslims and 400 Christians. But when it's Christmas there are 1200 Christians and when a goat is being slaughtered there are 1200 Muslims. The island is an Unesco World Heritage Site. The houses are built in a colonial style and are coloured intensively; there are no cars allowed on this island and everywhere you look you see cactusses.
Comments...
2 March 2008, Barry Williams said:
Very colorful. I just left Goree Island and it is a very sobering place.
26 April 2008, Doug Bull said:
Intense colour. Nice capture.
17 June 2008, Garret Clarke said:
beautiful beautiful shot.