Awa Plaza Seaside Hotel Dakar

... in the lion kill, so we explained what happened in detail. At this time, frenchy told us that if she were there, she would have screamed to tell the warthogs to run away. This didn't phase me because if I were in a car with someone that did that, I would still see a kill as I would have thrown her to the lions myself. <br><br> We make it to the airport, and I hand JB my last 20 rand to tip the driver. He says he will use that for ...

... the highlight of the day. We had our cultural preport meeting at 8 tonight but about twenty minutes before it started I heard a knock on my door. I thought it was going to be Ashley a little early for the meeting but it ended up being Doug, the guy I sat beside on the way to Rabat in Morocco, and two of his buddies. They wanted to watch Grandma's Boy so I welcomed them in and instead of going to ...

... marche commença à sangloter de fatigue. Il me restait 250 FCFA et je les ai mis dans la main de Cheikh en lui ordonnant d'amener l'enfant en voiture. Il a rigolé tout en refusant l'offre « non, ça lui fait du bien ». Arrivés au carrefour où on était censé se quitter il m'invita à venir dormir chez lui. Déviation de 3km. J'ai refusé, mais après insistance et une réflexion plus appuyée j'ai cédé, je me suis dit qu'il était sensé de me reposer un peu après plus de 4h de marche avec le ...

... Senti imediatamente saudades da minha avo e percebi depois das primeiras palavras que pronunciou porque se tinha entendido tão bem com a minha querida tia São, que foi alias o gancho que nos ligou. O numero de coisas que se podem ler duma so assentada, no primeiro olhar que repousamos sobre este monumento à dignidade do ser humano, daria uma longa lista. Sabedoria de cagado velho ...

... the summary. IT took us four days to get the whole thing cleared up but luckily our hotel fed us and just put it on our bill. And I know what you are probably thinking, four days, really? Shouldn't have only taken a simple phone call to the bank to straighten things out? Yes and no. It should have been as simple as that but it is actually impossible to make collect calls or use foreign calling cards from Senegal. Finally some nice guy ...

... involved. This weekend I went to Ile de Goree again because there was a festival there. Was pretty ace, got to see some traditional senegalise dancing and music (including senegalise style break dancing!) Then the evening went to a house party on Ile de Ngor which was completely old school... Not feeling too good today hoping its just a hangover nothing more serious... Well best toodle home, hopefully my host mum will be there and I wont be locked out! xxx

... and relaxing by the pool or the crashing Atlantic. Fantastic set menu - beaucoup de crevettes enormes et du vin rose ! Sunday lunch was freshly caught fish (we saw it being delivered by the village fishermen) to the gentle accompaniement of a live kora player. We were very sad to leave.... feeling that we could have stayed for days doing nothing much at all.... In between I have spent my days at the most amazing swimming pools I have ever ...

... will follow from Jenny Lamb. NEEDS whilst some needs DO exist and are likely to continue to for a few weeks, the population are more likely to settle in the 2-5-10,000 region, rather than in the 10-20-50,000 the activities of other agencieswho are present and registered in Cameroon, are likely to be sufficient to meet the majority of these needs, and HCR ought to be able to pick up responsibility for the co-ordination. THIS IS NOT ...

... have been spared most of this hysteria, with your two-year plans and two-page contracts. One guy's got shirts draped over his arms, the next guy's got pants, then there's shoes displayed on the pavement every block or so, so I guess you could outfit yourself on the way to a party without having to go home and change. The problem is that it can be hard to walk down the street having to dodge vendors. Fortunately my cell phone ...

... for being h**e was to get our visas for Mali. And that has been successfully accomplished. Not without our first successful West African brib**y transaction.  The usual processing time for a Malian visa is 48 hours.  With the weekend in the middle the chap at the embassy was telling us that we would have to wait until Monday to pick them up.  "But is it not possible to process them any quick**?", we asked.  "That depends upon you ...