After almost 4 weeks in Senegal I knew it was time to move to Mali even though I left feeling that I could have stayed in the Casamance region another month. I found Casamance to be amazing and the people to be very genuine. However, my first 10 days in Northern Senegal I felt some of the strongest culture shock I have experienced in all of my travels. Some days the smells, foreign language, begging and rough transport made me want to leave West Africa or stay in my hotel. I did not expect this since I had already spend 6 months in Africa previously. However, I had an easy introduction to Africa when I started my first adventure with South Africa. Things would have been easier if I had started in Ghana, but glad to
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