When I first waved back to him I was cautious. Too many strangers in Dakar had ulterior motives, and this guy from the distance seemed to be another. But this wasn’t Dakar. It was the Island of Goree, 3 km offshore of the monster city.
Approaching historic island of Goree, near Dakar
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Beautiful Mongolian music – Karakorum, 2005
A small group of travellers listened to this music inside a ger/yurt/traditional Mongolian tent. Unfortunately I forget the name of this brilliant, elderly musican from Karakorum, once the capital of Changgis (Ghengis) Khan’s mighty empire: this song is a tribute to him, written about 100 years ago.
