Blogs from Cape Verde Peninsula, Senegal, Africa - page 21

Africa » Senegal » Cape Verde Peninsula » Dakar August 22nd 2005

Dear people who know me, I am spending the next 4 months in Dakar, Senegal in West Africa. I’m studying abroad through Emory, and I’ll be taking classes and living with a host family. Hopefully I will also be doing an internship. If you got an email sending you to this page to read this, that means I’ve put you on my mailing list to receive an email every time I update this page. I have no idea how often that will be. If you don’t want me to contribute to your inbox traffic jam, just send me an email and I’ll take you off the list. Don’t worry, you can still visit my travel journal by following the same link. Below you’ll find the first entry. It’s pretty boring because I just got here, but ... read more

Dakar

Africa » Senegal » Cape Verde Peninsula » Dakar January 11th 2005

Ile de Goree

Stuart

I am now in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. I left Saint-Louis on Sunday morning. When getting the taxi to the Gare for Dakar, I had to bargain, one taxi driver tried to charge 3 times the going rate. At the Station they asked the going rate for the journey but tried to charge me 500 francs for the rucksack. I refused, so instead of taking a collective taxi to Dakar I ended up in a mini bus. Thinking about it I was arguing over very small amounts of money - 500 francs is 50 pence sterling. Having opted for the cheaper mini bus I then had to wait an hour for the bus to leave. They don't leave until they are full - and full means over full. The minibus would have been comfortable with ... read more

Wolof Tutor in Dakar/Thies area

Africa » Senegal » Cape Verde Peninsula » Dakar December 7th 2004

tashu

Hey y'all, I was a former Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal from 2001-2003. My former teacher is now a private tutor and lives in Dakar. She speaks French, Wolof, and Pulaar and can tutor in all three of these languages. She's taught Wolof at University of Ohio and is fluent in English. If you're interested, please contact me and I will send you her email address. I can also send you emails of other Peace Corps volunteers who knew her and studied with her. We will all tell you that she's not only an amazing teacher, but hilarious, warm, and a very nice person. Natasha ... read more

Schwann TravelBlog: Once in a Lifetime: Chapter 6 - 8 Miles off Dakar

Africa » Senegal » Cape Verde Peninsula » Dakar July 4th 2004

Starship

Schwann

Talking about dolphins, and other marine life, yesterdays post closed out early because I took an available opportunity to get email sent from the Chief Officer’s cabin this time. I think it helped that a shot a cool still sequence of the Second Officer’s wife, Sonya, so I got to use the system early. The Fuji 6.02 still cam is impressive and I’ve been getting cool shots. Besides this, we were 8 miles off Dakar earlier and I was told that you can get cellphone reception for 20 minutes so I got the chance to phone home from 'Monkey Island', the highest point you can safely get to on the ship. This was a supremely surreal... read more

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