Country Info
- Dakar
- Capital
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 10,284,929
- Population
- SN
- Country Code
Senegal Slideshow
Senegal
Travel Blogs from Senegal
counting down the days
Hello! counting down the days to what you ask? ..well, im getting ready to take my first real vacation from Senegal since arriving here a year and a half ago. For the sake of sanity i should have taken some time away before now, but whats done is ...
Its still hot....why can't it snow...
... and I never know where to begin. I guess I'll start with the fact that I ended up taking a mini vacation away from Senegal. I thought I could hack it and stay here the whole two years but this work is the most frustrating work I've ever done ...
Life in the slow lane.
... half way through the Peace Corps journey. Its a great opportunity to see how the daily life of an American living in Senegal really works. Yesterday one of Julie's host cousins got married and was graced with 3 'Toubabs' (white people) at her ...
Holidays in Dakar!!
Having said that spending 3 months in Malaysia is not that usual for me, spending Christmas in the sun in Senegal is even more unusual ! I think that this year is one of the years in my life when I have seen sun the most!! I love it!!! Even ...
Skiving in Senegal
This week on the Louise Hart Globe-Trotting Guide - SENEGAL 2 weeks into my new job and I decided to take a holiday. The reason for my less-than-inspiring work ethic was the looming arrival of Koriteh, the end of Ramadan festival. For the last ...
Second Round of Pictures!
Hello hello, I've been in Dakar doing some research and prep work for some of my projects, that and I needed to get out of the village for a bit, I had my first feelings of bitterness or perhaps you could call it the tiredness of the ...
Frontiere Senegal - Guinee Bissau
Une frontiere qui s est passe sans probleme. J utilisais le meme taxi de Ziguinchor jusqu a bissau, our atteindre ce pays qui attire 2000 touristes par ...
The pink lake
Our friends always repeated that they wanted us to have a nice trip, to have good memories and to enjoy as much as we can. They brought us this day see the pink lake which was the arrival of the Paris-Dakar. This is a big lake with a special plankton ...
Gorée (Fr+Pt)
J'étais à la maison en train de me renseigner sur Gorée que je ne comptait pas visiter du à mon manque de fonds, quand Tata Annette me repérant largué dans une telle tâche s'est dépêchée de me trouver un moyen de bidouiller un moyen de me faire ...
A difficult morning
... on...but I promise they are coming. Also many of you have asked for my address again and so here it is: B.P 79 Linguere Senegal West Africa Also I have a list of some new things for care packages so please hold off all packages till I send it and ...
Senegal luxe
This weekend, Julie, Kareem, and I went with their friend Izzy to the Sine-Saloum delta, where a major river meets the ocean south of Dakar. The drive itself took about 3 1/2 hours, about half of that on dirt roads that have seen better days. ...
Giving Thanks
Hello! A Happy Thanksgiving to you all. I'm going to keep this message short because im running low on time before i have to make the mashed potatoes for the thanksgiving dinner im having with the other volunteers currently staying at the regional ...
The last blog from snowinsenegal...I'm coming home
Hello everyone, So this is it. The last entry I will make from Senegal and I'm feeling really good about it because its just time for me to go home. I've learned more in two years living in Senegal about development than I think I ever could back ...
Senegal på egen hand
... Sedan kunde vi stiga på en liten men ganska vällastad färja som tog oss över den lilla flod som utgör gränsen till Senegal. På den senegalesiska sidan gick det sedan rätt smidigt. Eftersom vi var de enda västerländska personerna på färjan blev ...
Sine Saloum Delta
Really long time since my my last entry! sorry! Went travelling down the coast all the way to Toubakouta to visit the Sine Saloum Delta with some other volunteers. Started off on Monday the 1st, travelled to Dakar to stay for one night in an apartment, ...
de Richard Toll à Podor via Dagana
Nous avons quitté Richard Toll sans regrêts car la ville n'avait aucun intérêt, "l'hôtel" bien que sur les bords du fleuve Sénégal était très très moyen. Douche chaude mais litterie dégueulasse. A Dagana, petite ville qui n'a pas vu de ...
Gâmbia (Fr+Pt)
... com o Senegal. A gâmbia é o pais mais pequeno de Africa (se excluirmos a ilha das Seychelles) e esta enclavada no senegal tipo uma impressão digital (tipo Cabinda no Congo). A estrada é muito nojenta, as autoridades gambianas estão-se a cagar porque ...
Its a long way to Africa
6am Dakar from Mel Our day began at 4:15am clouded in the faint smell of distant lands. Apparently our cab driver had worked up quite a sweat with a previous customer….omen of things to come? Our first 17 hours have gone without ...
Day 100 : Tamba - Kedougou
Après cette bonne nuit de repos nous avons commencé la journée par un petit-déj sur place avant de retourner chez Adama, l'amie de Kaly. Après s'y être encore reposé entre deux discussions, nous y avons mangé un bon Thieb, puis nous avons pris la ...
Peugot Protocol
... existed recently. So...we tried the Hotel Man Gan. The room they showed us was a dump, consistent with our first impressions of Senegal's second largest city. We left and headed for the only other place in town, The Rex, stopping along the way for a ...
Goree holiday
From Toubacouta we make the long drive towards Dakar. Somewhere alongside the salt plains at the edge of the delta we are stopped by yet another police checkpoint. The officer wants a lift. Mister Kebbe is not able to politely decline, so Adam simply ...
Day 13 : Saint-Louis - Mboro Plage
We weakly woke up at 10 and started the day with a swim, a coffee, and discussions with Francois, his friends and the staff. A comfortable shower later we talked again with one of our previous night mates. Then we went to eat in downtown Saint-Louis. I ...
The Fembaade
No, 'Fembaade' has nothing to do with the Pulaar feminist movement.. Hello! Lots of news to share this time around, i'll try to get it all down as short-windedly as possible. the most recent adventure: I have been friends with Fatou and Moussa ...
St. Louis, Africas equivalent to Cuba
... Mauritanian border when we arrived at 18:30. After the big headache and waiting for the guys at the Mauritanian border, entering Senegal was just the same big pain in the ... We crossed the river to commence another long wait and paperwork nightmare. ...
Everyday Training life
... to side arms out stretched making no eye contact looking around slow dance" Ok so I also have a new address: BP 79 Linguere Senegal West Africa Things that would be awesome in a care package are bubbles, colored chalk, fly tape, AA or AAA ...
Day 95 : Dakar - Somone
Après un (long) séjour à Dakar, et après avoir accueilli (merci Marc) et tropicalisé Kelly, la Canadienne qui m'a rejoint depuis Vancouver, me voici reparti sur la route, direction la Somone. Après un dernier déjeûner préparé par Anne-Marie ...
Highway Blues
The gare routiere at Dakar is a field of dilapidated old jalopy station wagons parked in a puddle of mud and filth. Instantly people approach and direct you to the next car leaving in your direction, once the seven seats ...
long time since my last blog
hey everyone! its been a zhile since ,y last decent internet connection and i dont have much time now so just a quick update...didnt end up going to Dakar as a couple of people in the group got ill! so just did the beach and scooter ride instead! so Much ...
This place never EVER ceases to amaze me
... four days left of Ramadan and then Koritee with my mom! And then two weeks later my dad comes and its a little vacation in Senegal for us three! These last five month are going to be the hardest. Because I'm dealing with a new director at the ...