We drive south and east down the Corniche, passing the university, which, I got the impression, suffers from admitting too many and teaching too few, often because of long student strikes. The campus is trashy and poorly maintained but there is hope a new Rector can sort out the politics and make it work. Meanwhile, small private institutions have stronger academics. There may be a poor balance between democracy and discipline, with too little learning in the open public university and too much elitism in the smaller private ones. The long graceful curve of the hull allows them to be launched into the surf.
Fish is the major meat in coastal Senegal.
Fishing boat in drydock Soumbedioune cove Further along we pass on our left the large, dense, residential area of Medina, the municipal soccer stadium, and a prison, We enter the old downtown, a grid of small blocks and narrow streets overlaid by a few cross cutting avenues, mostly named for famous Frenchmen. Judy drives to a shopping street near some European hotels. There are parked cars, bicycles, carts, and vendors along the sidewalk. We go into a spacious store selling textiles, art objects, and furniture-clearly, a store for the affluent. Judy shows us sample books of many kinds of cloth.