The Pink Lake of Senegal, Lac Rose, was along the path of our return trip from Saint-Louis. The lake is so named for its pink color especially visible during the dry season. The lake has an unusually high salt content.

With a swift dig and another push out of the sand our bus brought us close to the shoreline. Once we climbed over the salt dunes, we could see harvesters working to bring in the salt for drying. Each boat will hold one ton of salt. Generally the villagers work in communal industry and each work team moves toward the top of the buyer-market list to sell their salt in turn.

Similar to the Dead Sea, the salt content enables people to float. Neil was not content with just floating and decided to test the beneficial health qualities of the lake's mud.