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28 At M’bour According to the programme, our next destination was the famous Senegalese town – M’bour. We took the local transport to Kaolack and from reached M’bour. The town is situated on the sea-coast , therefore, has a very pleasant weather. Once there, we felt that we were not in Africa but in a different world altogether. It is a city of hotels; there are big and magnificient hotels. The hotels are owned by the Europeans but the workers are Africans. One sees European tourists roaming all around. Hammad Bah’s younger brother, Asghar Musa Bah also lives there. He is still working as a driver in the Agriculture department. We arrived at their house. It was a fairly average house; like town houses, there were table and chairs in the room. As we entered the room, we saw framed picture of Hadrat Musleh Ma’ud ra on the wall. The sight of that picture was so pleasing that all the fatigue was gone. Musa Bah entertained us very much, he looked after us well and offered good food. During this trip, it was the first time that we had something other than millet and milk to eat. There was plenty of water for us to take bath and wash our clothes. Being at the sea coast, their courtyard was sandy. It was not hot and there were no mosquitoes or flies. We put out the mattress in the courtyard and lay on it. We had very pleasant sleep. At Dakar After that we arrived at Dakar. The biggest problem there was finding a place to stay. A distant relative of Ahmad Lee was a watchman in some department. We went to him. He welcomed us cordially. He resided in a large garage-like room with a