7/23/2008

Visiting GIE benn Loxo at JOAL

This is Rose and I'm posting for the first time.
This wednesday, everybody woke up early because we were leaving at 7:00 am for our trip to Joal, a small town on the littke coast, two hours from dakar. Since there were no traffic jam, we get there around 9:00.
At the house of the president of the GIE, we discussed with the women and learnt about different types of fish and seafoods and how they transform them.
Then we went to the "Khelcom" market, the biggest fish market in Joal and in the region.
The last visit of the day were to the little port of Joal were we found men getting huge quantities of yet (cymbium) out of their shells.
We ended this trip, after an excellent "thiebou dien", and went back, all exhausted, but most happy to have been out of the city for a day.

-Rose

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