Hotel Faidherbe Dakar

... a thriving artist community.<br><br>Today we are getting ready to head to Palmerin in the Sine-Saloum delta for a relaxing weekend. Julie and Kareem will be staying in a stilt-house bungalow directly on the water, and their friend Izzy and I will stay in-- get this-- a bungalow IN a baobab tree. How awesome is that!! When we return on Sunday, I will be catching a flight to Lisbon, my final stop before I head home. Have a great weekend everyone, I know I will!

... were getting in for when they ran across "the giants" in the tournament bracket. Afterwards we all hung out on deck seven and Abbie, a 3 yr old girl with blonde curly locks all over her head, decided that she wanted to come eat her grilled cheese with us before going to see Wall-E. Her parents and 10 month old little sister, Lily decided to join us as well. It was fun being around the little girls for a little while and talking to their dad ...

... different than I have ever known. I know quite a bit more about myself now and am ready to start the next chapter of my life. I think if this adventure were a book it would have one of those endings that leaves you with a smile, a good feeling, but also you know you'd never read it again. Oh I know I'll come back here to visit, I'd love to do a trip someday to the neighboring countries, but it ...

... fantôme au Sénégal, essayez d'expliquer votre condition en sortant et du côté gambien on sera indulgent avec vous. Bonne chance ». Donc je suis un clandestin spécial, ni expulsé, ni emprisonné, plutôt toléré, ignoré même. « Démerdez vous ». C'est cool. A Tata disse-me que passasse na policia dos estrangeiros a 200 m da casa dela, porque, segundo a lei, qualquer pessoa que fique no territorio durante mais de 8 dias tem de se ...

Hey everyone! I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to write yet, but things have been a little crazy. I don't have time to fill you guys in on everything that happen but I'll give you the highlights. My problems actually started before I even got on the airplane to come here. When I was paking the night before I realized that I had forgotten my glasses down in Blacksburg and my camera was no where to be found. I was frustrated with these ...

... of photographed its always "moi photo moi" and i get rather worried about my camera when they start taking all the photos themselves, please dont break it!!! One day Sarah and I got a bit of sunstroke and went a bit delirious at the beach... kids muist have thought that we had gone crazy. We were sitting there and Sarah was like 'whats that big legged monster!?' all the sleazy men who run past us... The weekend went by well... Passed sat morning at HLM market doing ...

... yes ?" .... "mmmmm" says me, non-plussed. I spent about 40 minuts, came away with 4 fantastic pieces, and got about 25% off after a lot of haggling, and making as if to walk of and throw in the towel. He was a tough bargaineer ... but i'll go back if i can find him again one weekend... In the evening i went out for a meal with some colleagues and their partners ... mix of senegalese, other africans and europeans. After a fine meal we went to the PEN ART club ..... a ...

... getting each of the classes to come to the garden once a week. Also Earth Day is coming up (April 22) and myself and the surrounding volunteers are planning some festivities. Also I will try to get a small celebration for International Women's Day on March 8th. Always things to do or try to do so I will continue to do what I can. Send me your thoughts, pics, pretty things to put on my wall and music. I will post pictures soon! love Diarra Coundoul

... for that sublime view of some God-forsaken ruin. Where I differ from the typical backpacker is that they tend to congregate with 'their own kind' whereas I tend to eschew such. A modern-day backpacker can travel throughout Southeast Asia from one safe haven to another and never really see anything else. While not wishing to be judgmental, the disservice seems to be that he might think that what he's seeing is the totality of ...

... certain centrality to its location. Why that train dumped us on the edge of town I'll never know. There's a 'cyber café' open, so I check my e-mail and look for maps online, spurning the advances of a little baobab doll of a teenager looking for a ride to the US. I couldn't understand much of what she said anyway, since they'll never speak their language the way they expect you to speak yours when English has to be reverted to ...