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- Dakar
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Senegal Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Senegal
Just another day
... Apparently a USAID rep was coming that afternoon and they wanted something to show...this seems to be the characteristic problem with Senegal and development, they want the stuff to make it look like they are developed on the outside but on the inside ...
Sebar Drumming and Dancing
Hello Friends! So it has been another exciting week in Senegal. Training is going well. I love learning a new language. Namm naa samay xarit ak sama waa ker ci Maine ak ci Amerik, jerijeff. ( I miss my friends and family in Maine and in ...
Autumn in Africa
Where do I begin. I suppose with the end of the rainy season which was a very defining week here in Linguere Senegal, which is apparently the epicenter of dryness. I came back from a fabulous week in Tamba Kounda where I got to see many of my ...
The Longest Day of the Year
Though it is just past the winter solstice, which is supposed to be the shortest day of the year, mine has seemed to continue on interminably. I have yet to feel inspired to start writing, but I figure I might as well start before it's too late. I'm ...
More Travelling and Frustrations
... on environmental issues. It was nice to hear her perfect English and her optimism about the progress they are making in Senegal. She had worked with Professor Roberts when he was in the Peace Corps and had many connections among the various organizations ...
Acelarando o ritmo
... -se « missionarios de Sérigne Touba » e são indigitados pelos seus Marabouts a irem mendigar num ponto qualquer do Senegal para depois reverter esse dinheiro para os agricultores que estão na penuria. Quanto tempo têm de mendigar ? O ...
Dust, Dirt, and Salt Flats
... was researched five years ago. Instead we found a shop selling snacks and some cold milk and an internet cafe, encountering more "real" Senegal along the way. You really don't have to look for it. It's just there. Another day of no tourists other than ...
Will the Travelling Never Stop?
... Boston to New York. Seven hours is not nearly as long as I would have thought, and the flight from New York to Dakar, Senegal was over before I knew it (really should have opted for sleep over watching Elizabethtown, it was a terrible movie anyway) and ...
Impaaaaalaaaaa
... them) and put them in our lap so that security could make sure no one intentionally left a bag on the plane and got off in Senegal. Finally we were ready to go. They had to spray the plane once the doors were closed in order to kill any bugs ...
Dakar dafa lekk xalis!
... few day trips to national parks as a mini vacation. I was working hard on SeneGAD stuff which is Peace Corps Senegal's Gender and Development committee to help volunteers work with girls and boys, women and men to learn to integrate gender equality ...
Oh this Crazy heat!
Asalam Alekum tout la monde! I am literally living in a Sauna right now...I was sitting in my room playing kid dominoes with my two year old neice and I was wasting brain power thinking about how much hotter it would have to be if my room were really a ...
Two weeks in and so far so great
... and comfortable here. Right now I am busy training to be a Peace Corps volunteer which means I'm busy learning all about Senegal's culture both in the classroom and living it with my family; learning the local language of Wolof; learning how to ...
Recepção calorosa em Dakar (Fr+Pt)
... . Logo me mete à vontade dizendo que a trate por « tu », explicando que no wolof (lingua nacional mais falada no Senegal) o « você » não existe. Domingo, dia que se seguiu ao da minha chegada, é dia de refeição em familia. ...
Eehhh Burrinho (Fr+Pt)
Et oui, finalement j'ai roulé en charrette tirée par un âne et il ne me reste plus que le vélo et le train. Ce jour là j'ai marché pendant des heures tout en contemplant des beaux coins pour passer la nuit et bien sûr ils abondent. Mais ce ne sera ...
Swimming Pictures
OK all, hopefully these links to pictures will work for you? Copy the link into your browser; http://picasaweb.google.com/dhallbert/SenegalPhotosPart1 http://picasaweb.google.com/dhallbert/SenegalPhotosPartII School will be starting ...
Sand, heat and bugs not dipped in Chocolate
Asalam Malekum Im still in Senegal. And some days its still hits me and I say "wow Im in Africa" this usually happens in the mornings when I wake up sweating because it is just so hot out; You can imagine that this does not lend itself to ...
New Year, New Beginnings
... joys into the trip. Undoubtedly, there was a noticeable chance. Perhaps this is because we began our journey into the backcountry of Senegal, but overall, the events were more and more positive. We woke up on time to the alarm and were able to make sure ...
My very last hot season...and Mango season...
OK fourteen months down and ten to go. I'm not really counting down the days but when its this hot you wish you were anywhere else but here. The good news is that it is the last hot season that I will have to endure and so each day ...
Relaxing at the coast
Djiffer, 10/31 Miles Travelled: 16078 We have travelled about 100 miles south of Dakar along the coast to a town called Djiffer. It is near a protected area of mangrove swamps, and is primarily a fishing village. We have a beautiful setting for ...
Tabaski Christmas
So Tabaski, one of the biggest holidays here was pretty interesting. We killed three rams in honor of the story of Abraham who was going to sacrifice his son to God but then at the last moment God switched the son for a sheep and the son was ...
Slummin' it in Senegal
... of sponsoring the bombing of the Pam Am flight over Lockerby, Scotland. Mumar was to be the guest of honor for Senegal's independence celebration the following day. [Indeed, we spotted Mumar and his zillion-car motorcade taking him back to the ...
St. Louis
... . Aber das entspricht der Erfahrung, die ich auch schon in Dakar gemacht habe: Das Wort "overdressed" entbehrt im Senegal (oder zumindest in den größeren Städten) jeglicher Bedeutung. Du kannst in einer fliederfarbenen Abendrobe mit Paillettenstola ...
Familia Diallo (Fr+Pt)
Je ne m'étais pas trompé, la famille était super gentil et tout le monde m'a accueilli comme l'invité qu'ils attendaient depuis longtemps, tous se sont occupés de moi pour que rien ne puisse manquer. Mais rien ne manque jamais, on me donne trop, ...
Spécial Maxence: Babacar
Ouf! Nous avons échappé, en nous cachant bien,aux méchants bandits de Mauritanie. Nous sommes arrivés hier au pays de Mr Ukulélé, mais il n'est pas là car il a voyagé jusqu'à Ouagadougou. J'espère que nous le retrouverons là-bas bientôt. Par ...
The Circle of Life
Its amazing to feel all better. Life is truly beautiful again and I want to do and explore again. Some amazingly wonderful and not so wonderful things have happened lately: We had our first really big downpour. It was intense and ...
Pointe de Sarène
We took a bus which brought us near mbour, the place from where we could go further to the south, so the bus left us at the beginning of a track but we couldn't see the end of it. We've walked for 35 min and then arrived in a little village where the ...
Ziguinchor
... wäre die 12-Stunden-Tour sonst echt zur Qual geworden. Das jedenfalls ist die schnellste Variante des öffentlichen Personentransports im Senegal, vom Flugzeug mal abgesehen. Zunächst mal mussten wir in Dakar zur "Garage" bzw. gare routiere, von wo ...
Dakar-Popenguine-Somone-Sali-Mbour-Joal-Ndangane
As predicted I spent these days relaxing in and around Dakar... but not only I left an announcement at Centre Culturel Français as to get in contact with potential travelmates. It worked and I considered pursuing with Diallo (student girl from ...