Belair Plage Dakar

... were really nice and very disappointed when Kareem was too tired to take strong tea with them after dinner.<br><br>On Saturday, we went to check out the oceanside pool of the Royal Lodge, only a 10 minute drive from our resort. It was phenomenal, as you can see in the pictures. We had to pay a minimum of about $30 apiece to use the pool, so we had lunch and the drink du jour, a mix of vodka, triple sec, bissap juice, and another juice. Here and ...

... fish guts" dumped on us, had to kiss a frozen fish, kiss the king's ring, bow to the queen, jump in the icy cold pool and then be knighted with the funniest plastic sword as a "shellback," meaning that we passed the test and were prepared for travel across the equator for the first time in our lives. My friend Holly and I did it and it was the craziest and funniest thing. It was so fun. The tradition is that you also shave your head but we definitely did not do that. Some ...

... try and get on a team during the next sign ups which are after South Africa. It was a really good match that went into a tie breaker which Heather's team won. After the game we had a huge cookout on the seventh deck with hotdogs, hamburgers, ribs, corn on the cob, baked beans, and ice cream for dessert. It was delicious! I went t an explorer's seminar (evening program held every night at sea) which was being given by Desmond ...

... a curiosidade de conhecer um globe trotter estava saciada e começava agora a apresentar-se como uma visita a um museu de luxo, pois o globe trotter em questão vem demunido de dinheiro e esta completamente dependente da boa vontade dos seus anfitriões. As perguntas vinham com um tom mais reprovador e os comentarios começaram a ser quase que depreciativos, de uma maneira ainda vaga, por isso fui recusando acreditar. Até ao dia em que ...

Hello again!!! I had sometime left over on my card so I figured I'd share another amusing story since there weren't as many in my last email. While my sister and I were at Kayar (the fishing village) we of course stood out. So we were walking along learning about the village and the customs there. While we were walking this guy comes up and starts talking to us in Wolof and our ...

... it this wholoe thing just made me more determined to woprk there! Other than that this week has been ace. Had the circus school still and there has been an art festival at empire. The kdis have loved having disposable cameras and doing finger painting and all... I must admit i loved it more got my face covered in paint and ran around after all the kids scaring them!!! They have donea really cool mural on the wall outside empire with their hands, it looks ace ...

... you would expect, loads of people trying to sell you orange phone ards, random souveniers and perfume everywhere you go so you have to say 'non merci' a lot! Other than that there seems to be a lot to see general museums; embassies and government buidlings. We went on the theatre and they were practising a pretty good looking play so gonna try and go to the theatre at some point. Visited the school where I am going to be workig but didn't ...

... beam fog-lamps Aurora Borealis was appearing. On arrival he demanded a tip - as of right - and I was (as usual) so pathetically grateful to be alive, although likely to need to wear a corset and a truss for years to come, that I give him 1000 anyway, the equivalent of one whole British pound. All that 1500, No- 200, No- 1000, No- 500, seemed a long time ago and not to matter much in the grander life and death scheme of things. He looks with a mixture of disdain and disbelief ...

... countryside can still have dignity and status, that of tradition and homeland. In the city it just plain sucks, though it still speaks volumes. You can see the history of West Africa laid out right before your eyes on the streets of Bamako, likely part of the larger area where black Africa became black Africa, in a large population pool from which the Bantu speakers spread out to dominate the rest and populate the continent ...

... very laid-back way of life in a country which is rarely travelled.  The only problems seems to be the language - a hybrid of ancient Portuguese and a local African dialect.  And with few foreigners venturing there, little knowledge of English or French.  Should be fun!Hope you are all well.  We are.  Don't forget to subscribe to the Bodily fluids newsgroup if you have not already done so.  A brief extract to whet your appetite: "... Mr R is glowing like a horse ...