metal boat

bay. october 2011.

Djifere

Djifere, Senegal. 2006.

A fishing village on the very tip of a fast-eroding sand bar, close to the Gambian border. The beach was littered with shells.

Sharon and I had charted our own fishing boat. First we went to the mangroves, where our guides caught about six small fish and I saw a jackal running out of the water, then we motored out to a small, shifting sandbar island. They cooked the fish and made us strong black mint tea, which we drank sweet, in small glass cups.