La Vie en Club Beach Hotel
Travel Blogs from Saly
What a way to make a living!
... found the whole situation absolutely hilarious… Fortunately he seems to have taken my silence as a hint and hasn’t visited since!
Amee and I have been enjoying breaking free from the evening lesson planning to walk and buy HUGE watermelons from the HUGE watermelon mountains. Can you tell its watermelon season? Our freedom is often celebrated with Amee singing Oliver! to me and us refusing a second dinner from the watermelon seller. The guy used to ...
So hungry I could eat a ram (or three).
... for this for 6 weeks! All down the road men were digging holes (for the ram’s insides, I was informed.) They then took the rams and killed them one by one, I’ll spare you the gory details but there was a lot of kicking, blood and man power involved! The men then took about skinning and cutting up the rams whilst the women set up the BBQ. It wasn’t a pretty sight, but it was the freshest meat I’ve ever eaten and tasted delicious! We ate the ram with ...
Lac Rose to Fatick
... Hmm properly roughing it but they're all over the price plan! £9 each to stay in the village omg they're commercial to say the least! Mosquitoes are super vicious and definitelyq not paying the same nightly charge... Fully lathered up in tabard and still being eaten alive! Took a walk in the village and found some food, so tasty but again lets hope it's not the ...
Gorée Island and Lac Rose
... where the driver was already waiting to take us to the Lake Retba (Lac Rose).
LAKE RETBA (LAC ROSE)
The journey to the Lake Retba is the bumpiest journey I've had in Senegal. The road is in bad shape, lot's of holes and driving there is quite an adventure. After 20 minutes going sideways, left and right on the road we finally arrive at the lake.
The locals run towards us, hoping to make business. In quite tricky to be there and enjoy the scenery. The ...
Our first walk to the city centre
... some trips. We made our choice, and we will go to the Bandia Reserve and also to the Gorée Island. The temperature on the sun is extremely hot, and it's a very good idea to wear a hat and sunglasses.
Walking to the city centre can be quite tricky, as you will meet dozens of locals trying to sell everything and always trying to make conversation to lead you to buy their products.
By walking on the boardwalk by the beach, we met some locals ...
