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Experiencing teranga: Day 9 Last Day in Africa
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Samedi 29 novembre 2008. Day 9 Last Day in Africa. Geez Where did this trip go? Today is my last full day in Africa. My flight leaves at the UNGODLY (UNGODLY I tell you! Hour of 3.05am tomorrow morning. I have one full day left in Dakar. There is even a chapter on all the well-known scams and how to avoid them. One of those scams I have already encountered twice. The "Remember me? Does the fact that most of us are ethnic mutts make us look different? S'abonner à : Publier des commentaires (Atom). Day 9 L...
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Experiencing teranga: Day 5 Last Day in Saint-Louis
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Mardi 25 novembre 2008. Day 5 Last Day in Saint-Louis. Today is my last full day in Saint-Louis. Tomorrow I will take a bush taxi back to Dakar. For all those who are worrying about me, tomorrow is the day to worry (but PLEASE don't! I am sure I had a sheepish look on my face as I put the camera away and said "Désolé" (Sorry! S'abonner à : Publier des commentaires (Atom). Dakar- Saint-Louis - Banjul. A middle-aged, pasty white guy explores spicy West Africa. Afficher mon profil complet. News - Gambia Now.
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Experiencing teranga: 2 weeks to go
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Vendredi 7 novembre 2008. 2 weeks to go. I leave for Africa 2 weeks from today and I think. My preparations are complete. Yesterday I received my last shot, for Yellow Fever. I needed proof of vaccination in order to enter The Gambia. Ice cubes, and fresh fruit that doesn't have a thick skin are all good advice. I may try to find a supermarket and buy packaged food from France. I have CIPRO for "traveller's trots" in any case. Luggage locks and cables for security and a money belt. I have a Canon 12M...
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Experiencing teranga: One last Sénégal memory
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Mardi 2 décembre 2008. One last Sénégal memory. This is the video recording I made with my camera looking outside my hotel's balcony in Saint-Louis during prayer time when the 5-6 mosques in the area were competing with each other. WELCOME BACK TO THIS CONTINENT! But what an experience! I know you'll never forget it. I'm glad you're back safe and sound. I'll have to admit that I was a little worried about you traipsing around on the other side of the globe. 4 décembre 2008 à 04:44. 4 décembre 2008 à 14:15.
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Experiencing teranga: Day 6
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Mercredi 26 novembre 2008. Cant write much but I made it to Dakar in one piece and am all checked in. Trying to hunt and peck type this on a French keyboard while a shopkeeper looks on. He let me borrow this computer but obviously wants it back. More as I can. S'abonner à : Publier des commentaires (Atom). Dakar- Saint-Louis - Banjul. A middle-aged, pasty white guy explores spicy West Africa. Afficher mon profil complet. Lonely Planet Travel Forum. News - The Daily Observer (Gambia). News - Gambia Now.
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Experiencing teranga: Departure
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Jeudi 20 novembre 2008. By the time you read this, I will have departed for the airport. My tentative itinerary is:. Nov 20 - JFK (JFK) to Dakar (DKR) Depart: 05:20pm-Arrive: 06:10am. Nov 21 – Sept-place. Nov 22 – Day in Saint-Louis. Nov 23 – Day trip to «Reserve Speciale de Faune de Gueumbeul. Nov 24 – Taxi to Dakar. Transfer to taxi to Banjul. Nov 25 – Day trip to Juffureh. Nov 26 – Taxi from Banjul to Dakar. Nov 27 – Day trip to Touba. If I have time - this is a 4 hour trip each way from Dakar). Who w...
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Experiencing teranga: Day 4.5
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Mardi 25 novembre 2008. The Dutch had taken over the restaurant again. This time they insisted that I join them. They seem to have brought their brewery with them and gave me a couple glasses of Dutch beer. They all spoke perfect English. I don't just mean grammatically correct English but American English with almost no trace of an accent. When the waiter came around to take our order they would all switch to French, even telling witty jokes and making the waiter laugh. Say what you want about the "decl...
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Experiencing teranga: Day 10 There's no place like home
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Lundi 1 décembre 2008. Day 10 There's no place like home. I guess the last indication I was leaving a poor country was the fact that because they don't have X-ray equipment, they have to physically go through everything you own. This involved taking apart my very carefully packed backpack, booting up my computer to prove it was really a computer, turning on my shortwave radio to prove it is a radio, trying to explain in French to the. Officer, what a camera tripod is. "Are you a journalist? News - Senega...
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Experiencing teranga: Day 2-3 African market
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Dimanche 23 novembre 2008. Day 2-3 African market. On the mainland is the African market. The surprise here was that I could walk through it relatively unpestered. This is where Africans go to buy television sets, cellphones and what-have-you so maybe white tourists were off the radar. There were also goat herders pushing their livestock through the crowds dressed in Bedouin clothing. It's hard to convey the bustle of the place. It was busy! S'abonner à : Publier des commentaires (Atom). News - Gambia Now.
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Experiencing teranga: Day 3: Change in plans
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Dimanche 23 novembre 2008. Day 3: Change in plans. The Halal pizza was delicious. It was a thin crust pizza with tomato and cheese and had chicken, beef, olives and mushrooms on it. The hotel restaurant was taken over by about a dozen Dutch tourists in their 50s-60s who were boozing it up. They were very loud, but friendly. Some mutinous soldiers surrounded the Presidential Palace in Bissau, the capital, and are shelling it. Sénégalese troops are on high alert and have been rushed to the border. To keep ...
