Some photos from my recent weekend in Saint Louis, the picturesque - though decaying - seaside town a few hours north of Dakar, near the Mauritanian border. Now a UNESCO world heritage site, Saint Louis was the capital of French West Africa for half a century before that distinction was moved to Dakar - hence its Francophile wrought-iron balconies that are inevitably compared by guide books to New Orleans. Highlights: sleepy outdoor cafes, an atmosphere so laid back it feels almost comatose during the day (when the sun is hottest), and a gorgeous white-sand beach that stretches for miles down the "langue de Barbarie," a spit of land squeezed between the Atlantic Ocean and the Senegal River.
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