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Saint-Louis Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Saint-Louis, Senegal
Barberie
... idyllic Zebra Bar which has some rustic shacks and bungalows with views of the river and ocean was a perfect place to relax and have a spot of lunch before we returned to Saint-Louis in the afternoon, holding tightly to our belongings. Welcome to ...
Saint Louis, Senegal, October 23 - 24, 2007
. Saint Louis is located in northwestern Senegal not far from the spot the Senegal River empties into the Atlantic. It was the French capital of the colony of Senegal and the first French settlement in Africa. The town's historic center is ...
Langue De Barbarie, Senegal, October 25, 2007
... and crabs, these animals live perfect lives balanced between indulgence and adventure. This was particularly noticeable at Camp Ocean in Saint Louis and at Zebra Bar, where there were enough crabs to be caught to fee 101 Dalmatians and the dogs and ...
Into Senegal
14th December Drove South, across the Senegal River into Senegal and to St. Louis, where we camped. The first alcohol since 8th December! 15th December Went into St Louis town, changing money into West African CFAs. Camped. ...
Fall of the Senegalese empire
As had become our habit, we rolled into the next destination in the dark, barely making out the landscape and architecture of the old French city. Heading out to the out-most island to the Beach camp that always had been a favourite among overlanders, we ...
The Lows and Highs - Robbery then Relaxation
... rest of us to really unwind. I’m ashamed to say I did nothing much at all except read a book and explore St Louis itself. It’s a ramshackle ex colonial town, surrounded by hideous mounds of rubbish including those on the main beach itself. Any ...
Die Mouriden
... Norden aber viel zu stark sind. Schließlich kontrollieren sie im Grunde genommen das gesamte politische, wirtschaftliche und soziale Leben im Senegal. Jetzt verstehe ich auch, warum das so ist, schließlich – auch das habe ich von D. erfahren ...
New beginnings
... so I have to make an effort to be more sociable. This weekend a group of 6 of us went to Touba, the Canterbury of Senegal, to look around the mosque and learn more about life in a very Muslim part of the country. Since we were visiting a ...
First impressions
Hi again. Just a quick one this time. I have arrvied here safe and sound. Spent my first night with my new family last night- I have no idea which child belongs to which parent or who is brother and sister or cousins or anything. ...
Tamkharit
Wir haben den 6. Dezember, zu Hause ist gerade große Nikolaus- und Krampuszeit und es werden Kekse gebacken und es riecht und klingt nach Weihnachten. Hier haben wir gestern Tamkharit gefeiert, also den Jahreswechsel und das ists schon wert beschrieben ...
All that Jazz
... placement in Saint Louis and got some of the nicest pizza in a casino before sleeping. Saturday we discovered that in Saint louis there is pretty much nothing for tourists to do! We spent a while wondering round the streets and markets ...
Sunday - time to get away from campus
... in order to see more of the country we decided sundays will be our holidays ;) Yesterday we checked out the beaches of St. Louis. At Hydrobase. That means we were at the atlantic ocean. It was amazing. The waves were unbelievable. At times it looked like ...
Nouakchott - Rosso - Saint-Louis
... bis zur senegalesischen Seite braucht und auch hier herrscht kein Mangel, da die meisten Händler mitfahren. Die Einreise nach Senegal geht dann relativ schnell vonstatten. Trotzdem haben wir fast 6 Stunden an der Grenze verbracht und es ist schon ...
Slight Itinerary Change!
... relaxed. Unfortunately there was no live jazz last night- but a good night out none the less! St-Louis has definitely been the highlight of Senegal and not I'm particularly looking forward to the complete chaos of Dakar, especially after très tranquille ...
Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres
... Raum gezeigt werden. Alle Vorstellungen sind kostenlos und das Programm ist mit sehr bekannten Persönlichkeiten bestückt. In Saint-Louis haben wir uns an zwei verschiedenen Abenden Freiluftkonzerte auf einer riesigen Bühne mit sehr professioneller ...
COLONIAL COOL?
Set smack bang in the middle of a stunning stretch of the Senegal River the island of St Louis is so striking. I will save you the history lesson(though i know Ames would appreciate it!)but basically it is French colonial city so steaped in a strangely ...
Métissons
Es ist Dezember, seit drei Tagen, die achte Woche meines Aufenthalts hat begonnen und ich bin wieder mal in meinem Zimmer am Campus, höre Kultur Shock, freue mich aufs Konzert am Abend und denke ein wenig nach. Fortsetzung 4.12. Hahaha, so schnell ...
Our trip to Langue de Barbarie
Last Sunday we were at a small national park called Langue du Barbarie just around the corner basically where the birds come every year from Europe to make their babies on a small island.As far as i know because of land might vanish in the future due to ...
Luieren tussen vogels
... , ze mogen de kopie houden, wij gaan het land toch verlaten. We genieten nog van een laatste wandeling door de straten van Saint Louis, alvorens richting grens te rijden, waar we de avond doorbrengen met Momodou, onze buurman voor de nacht. P.S. En wat we ...
Campusleben
... ist. Heute Abend legt er in der Stadt auf und hat uns eingeladen. Bin schon gespannt, das wird unser erstes Fortgehen in St. Louis – und hier soll immer viel los sein! Zwei- bis dreimal pro Woche Konzerte, da freu ich mich wirklich schon drauf. Ein ...
Langue de Barbarie
... sind Günter und ich, der war ja auch in der Stadt, in die Fischerviertel von St. Louis gegangen. Die befinden sich auf einer Landzunge, die den Senegal Fluss auf seinen letzten Kilometern vom Meer trennt. Es herrschte reges Treiben, scheinbar waren alle ...
Nearly at the end ( of my wits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Okay this is the bitchy email that you have all been waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!!! This last leg of the trip has been much more interesting in terms of stuff to see and do and the leaders on this trip have been brilliant but as for the pax some of them ...
NEAR, FAR, WHEREVER YOU ARE
... the Senegal River to the country of the same name. Once we had waved aurevoir to Mauritania and said bonjour to Senegal the former straight away seemed so far from the lush land, lakes and loud dress adorned by the big, brown, boisterous ...
frontiere frontiere...
la Suissesse se fait refoulee a la douane pour cause de non visa de sejour au ...
Life goes on
... the kids get bored very easily and sometimes they throw things at each other, not what you really want. I have now ventured out of Saint Louis and to one of the bird parks around here, saw lots and lots of pelicans and even a few crocodiles, which we ...
The end is near
... meet at the right time and the right place with the right taxis. The first hurdle had been crossed. So we left Saint-Louis at 8pm the last Friday in March, folded up around each other in the taxi (converted Peugeot 405s). The first part ...
Mauritania
... of us went on a trip to Mauritania (the country directly above Senegal) to sleep under the stars in a Mauritanian tent. We left Saint-Louis on Saturday morning in the back of a jeep which took us to the border. It was a short walk across ...
87L
... ausfallen... Ich freu mich jedenfalls aufs Wochenende, vielleicht gibts mal wieder einen Ausflug. Möcht mal wieder was in St. Louis Umgebung machen und ein paar Fotos schießen. Jetzt nachdem die Kamera wieder geputzt und der Sensor fleckenfrei ist, ...