La Madrague Ngor Dakar

... of us, then give the porters at the airport 20 rand from us. The porters take our bags as we check in. JB and Lindsey go first, and then hand the guy the 20 rand. We then check in, and a different guy blocks us from moving on. He stares at us and says "tip." I explain to him that the very generous tip that he got earlier was for us as well. Then the guy's buddy comes over and says we have to tip him. Frustrated, I go through my bag ...

... laughed for a good hour and half at Grandma's Boy. The meeting was broadcasted on our TVs in our room and we put it on and "watched it...(muted)." We didn't miss much as the majority of the meeting was spent discussing Charles Darwin's theory of evolution since it's his 200th birthday. The meeting just ended up being another global studies class in disguise. Those sneaky teachers! We all decided ...

... sac à dos. Arrivés là-bas on a fait le tour de tout le quartier, on a dû visiter au moins 8 maisons et à chaque fois il racontait mon histoire avec le même enthousiasme comme s'il s'agissait de la sienne. Elle l'est devenue en tout cas, au moins pour ce bout de temps. N'empêche qu'il m'a fait sentir un peu comme une attraction de cirque, moi-même répétant mes réponses quasi mécaniquement, comme un disque qui joue en boucle. Une des familles était tellement cool que la dame (Mme Sow) m ...

... franqueza, irreverência de quem recusa inclinar-se perante o chicote da tradição que metia a mulher num plano secundario, serenidade e paz, enfim, uma velhota completamente irresistivel. Logo me mete à vontade dizendo que a trate por « tu », explicando que no wolof (lingua nacional mais falada no Senegal) o « você » não existe. Domingo, dia que se seguiu ao da minha chegada, é dia de refeição em ...

... Sarah use his cell phone to make the call and we were able to get it sorted out. I had a good birthday. Nothing terribly exciting. Sarah and I got caught in quite the little downpour and I met up with one of the professors here. In the evening we had cake with some of the people from the hotel and then Sarah and I got in a discussion abou marraige and babies with two guys from the Ivory Coast. They couldn't believe it when I said I ...

Loads of you have heard about my week through facebook and stuff but here is an account for those of you who don't really know whats been going on... Had a really rubbish day on Tuesday at school, basically the teacher told me to prepare a history lesson so I did and nothing else. When he left the class he didnt tell me how long he was going for or what I should do after. Turned out he left for 3 hours and I had no way prepared enough ...

... From the Teranga Hotel in the old city with spectacular views onto the ocean and across to Goree Island (old slaving Island); and the Terrou-Bi hotel, with quieter views of the Atlantic; to the Club Olympique- a favourite because it's visitors are not tourists but locals especially after lunch when it is buzzing with lively teenagers and young children with "accompanying" mums. Nick hopes to start using the pool in the evenings ...

... major crisis (in either scale or duration) requiring large agencies to establish from scratch offices and presence on the ground. RATIONALE our priority focus must remain E Chad. In order to operate in Cameroon rapidly, we would have to draw in mid-level tech staff from Chad. This would be counterproductive to our capacity to potentially deteriorating sitn in E Chad. the technical capacity which we could for a short period offer ...

... got a radio, so not only can I listen to the local tunes, but I've also got plausible deniability, in case someone is offended at his entreaties being ignored. "Hey! Chill, dude! I didn't hear you!" I've taken to using earphones even with the radio off. They're too much hassle, the constant sales pitches and general hangings on and followings along. I guess it's part of African culture or at least big-city African culture. It ...

... was his rath** cryptic reponse.  Aft** a brief tete-a-tete between Mr and Mrs R we decided to propose that whilst the visas w**e 7,500CFA each, might th**e be a possibilty that if we gave him 20,000 for two visas they might be available the same day.  "That is possible" he responded.  And indeed they w**e.  Well worth an extra 5 pounds of brib**y to get out of Dakar before the weekend, wethinks. Next update, Mali. Hope you're all ...