Pink Lake

Pink Lake is located in Senegal a few hours from the capital Dakar, by bus. Pink Lake is the saltiest body of water in the world. It was recently proven (in the past ten years) to be saltier than the Black Sea. Pink Lake is used by the local communities as both a tourist attraction and a source of income. Men will go out on boats and drop what looks like snowshoes to the bottom of the lake and the harvest the salt. They will never go in the water because if any of this water should get into you eyes the high salt content will make you go blind. Pink Lake received its name because of the color of the water when the sun hits it. In the evening the lake becomes a deep purple. I am trying to put a slide show of pictures up but I am unsure as to the success of that endeavor at this point. The nearest village also has tourists come through pretty regularly. The village is Fula (a traditionally nomadic people originating near Nigeria?). Just a piece of cultural interest, it is not rude to ask someone what tribe they are from, actually it is a matter of pride especially given some of the extensive and impressive histories of empires past.

While we stayed in Pink Lake at the Chez Salim hotel we had the opportunity to go Dune Trucking, Dune Bugging and Camel Rides. We also were about 100m from the Atlantic ocean. I only partook in Dune Trucking and in the original construction of this site. I am also trying to upload pictures of Dune Trucking and possibly the hotel because we were staying in some pretty amazing mud and straw huts. While they sound a bit sketch without staying in them, they were very nice (3 star hotel quality) and regulated temperature very well which explains the continued construction of them in the region. We ended up staying here for about a day and a half.