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- Dakar
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- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 10,284,929
- Population
- SN
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Dakar
Travel Blogs from Dakar, Senegal
Senegalese travel
Yesterday was a long day. It started at the beach, in the pouring rain. The plan was to leave around 8 or 9 AM for Djiam Niajo to catch a car to Tambacounda. The total travel distance was not more than 500 km. No problem...one would think. The rain ...
GETTING READY FOR MADAGASCAR
Back at the Cafe Viavia. Fly out tomorrow to Johannesburg and then the next day to Antananarivo, Madagascar. Toured the Ile de Goree(Goree Island), and viewed one of the many West African ports that shipped thousands of Africans as branded ...
Lost at Sea
Today I learned how to use a sextant in my physics for mariner's class. If I am ever lost at sea and have my sextant and a watch, I can figure out my latitude and longitude. A lot of my buddies on board said they were definitely going to get ...
Friday the 13th
The sea was rocky today. I think it knew that it was Friday the 13th. After global studies I had my physics for mariner's midterm. It wasn't too tough but I got all the true/ false questions to be false so I guess I will see if that was ...
Trek for Cheese
Happy Holidays! I'll admit the 90 degree weather makes it difficult to feel the Christmas spirit, however ive found myself a substitute: the spirit of adventure. This brings me to the title of todays entry. As you may or may not know, cheese is not ...
Chez Dimbo
... and his lifestyle. The Rules of Chez Dimbo (and why I hate them): 1. One must speak English. I didn't come to Senegal to speak English, but I don't mind speaking English with Senegalese people when they want to practice. In this situation, I HATE ...
Toubabs to the Rescue
... way home, I made an ACTUAL rescue when Rachel and I decided to pick up the cutest white (toubab) kitten ever to be spotted in Senegal. We decided that it's a boy although it's a little hard to tell since he can't be more than two weeks old. We fed him ...
Don't Worry, Be Happy
... cement walls, and imagined what my life would be like if I were to live in this place, in this wonderfully vibrant country of Senegal. I see myself waking up before the sun rises and while the moon is still high in the sky to go for a morning jog as ...
Sour milk sunday!
... drips constantly off your body because the humidity is so high, and temperatures are in the mid 90s. im in the far south of senegal, so my seasons are not the same as in the north. their rainy season starts later and ends sooner, by almost two months. ...
I've already replaced my family...
... brothers, cousins, good friends, children, cats, etc. -- it shouldn't be hard to recognize someone outside of the house. Dakar is indescribable. Completely vibrant and alive. Welcoming and friendly. I feel at home already, but don't worry.. I still ...
Little Coast, Big Adventure
... house, my university, even my friends and family will have changed and will seem as foreign to me as this country of Senegal once did. Rooming with my friends Biz and Libby, we stayed up late every night talking amongst ourselves or with other students ...
Insomniac Reflections
... 3am as I laid in bed, waiting for the electricity to come back on so that I could stop sweating I can't sleep. I'm in Senegal and I can't sleep. I traveled back to the capital city of Dakar from the northern city of Saint Louis today - six hours on a ...
Address Information
... be great to avoid further such confrontations, SO, if you send anything along, the correct address is: pcv Jennifer Neves B.P. 278 Kolda Senegal, West Africa thanks so much, and sorry for the mix up. im sure it will all get worked out so that i ...
Thanksgiving Without the Turkey
... to Thanksgiving were very hard to get through. I'm doing a research project that I'm not too confident about, my friends in Senegal are all spread out over the country doing their own research projects, and all of my family and friends were spending time ...
Calm seas
... nbsp; I participated in the usual routine of class, lunch, then a little homework while lying out on the deck. We docked in Senegal today to get fuel with more success then our last attempt at Gibraltar. We were in port at Dakar for five hours but ...
Africa on the port side...
... around Africa. The ship was traveling about 30 knots when I got a knock on the door from Les who said, "We can see Senegal on the port side". I ran out with my camera and got a couple shots, before we pulled into the harbor. We were there all day ...
Korite
... before we left for Kedougou and our second village stay. Trying to find an Internet café open on one of the biggest holidays in Senegal is not the easiest thing to do. Note to self: learn not to procrastinate on everything you ever do (at least while ...
"Its a miricale"....Neptune Day!
Today is Neptune Day (even though we are technically crossing the equator tomorrow) and it has been a great day! This morning everyone was awoken to crew members bringing in the day. They had drums, cymbals, and any noisemakers they ...
The Quran, Obama, and Cocaine Cowboys
Today was another A day so I went to Global Studies and Islam class. In Global Studies we talked about art history and a woman from Zimbabwe talked about the economic crisis in her country. In Islam we discussed the history of the ...
You know you've been in Senegal for a while when..
... week/the past few days or that happen every single day. Besides this list, I also was contemplating last night that in Senegal, my life basically consists of five activities: 1. Eating (a LOT) 2. Riding in dirty, practically broken-down taxis 3. ...
Blackouts in Ouakam
Bonjour tout le monde! The past two days have been EXTREMELY overwhelming and awkward, but it's been fun at the same time. Yesterday, I met my host brother (Saalif - 23) at the SIT office, and I was so nervous that I thought I would throw up when we ...
Cë dëgg-dëgg (chudugadug)
Salaamalekum! The past two days have been very eventful... Last night, the other students and I decided to meet up with the dancing boys that we met the other night. We brought almost our entire group along with us, so there were 13 Americans sitting ...
On Ramadan
The month of Ramadan has been both enlightening and extremely challenging in many ways. Senegal changes drastically during Ramadan because the vast majority of the country is Muslim. Although I'm nowhere near being an expert on the topic, I can tell you ...
Senegalese time is whenever you feel like it.
After the exciting night on the town yesterday, I had a decent night of sleep, interrupted only once by weird banging noises outside of the window. This morning, I woke up to go for a run with three of the other students, and we ran in a pack along the ...
Black Friday Market
Better deals than Black Friday... More legal than the Black Market... It's the Black Friday Market in Cite ASECNA, Ouakam! Every Thursday night, trucks roll into the "soccer field" in my neighborhood to drop off market stands to be set up before the sun ...
What a relief!
... , I will leave for "la Petite Cote" or Mbour, which is a small, touristy beach town south of Dakar. Today was a landmark day in Senegal not only because of the end of my independent research, but also because my homestay mother, after repeatedly telling ...
Let the games begin!
... with today. His name is Mamadou Diallo and he's a professor of law at the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar. He's very knowledgable about the education system in Senegal and seemed very eager to help me in my research. All of the SIT students had oral ...
I'm a Buck...
... I thought it had a nice ring to it. The NBA donated more than 25,000 bed nets. The bed nets are very important here in Senegal, and I can speak from experience as I decided to sleep without one the first night here at the hotel. I couldn't sleep much and ...
We paid a visit to the site of the camp!
... students. Today was probably the most eye opening day, I think of the whole trip. I briefly met with two gentlemen I emailed about Senegal Basketball. They met me at my hotel last night and arranged to pick me up today to show me around the city. Mactar ...
Grand mosque (Dakar, Senegal)
The Dakar Grand Mosque (also Grande Mosquée de Dakar) is one of the most important religious buildings in the capital of Senegal. It is situated on Allée Pape Gueye Fall. Designed by French and Moroccan architects, The Grand Mosque was opened in 1964 by ...