Street in downtown Dakar

Dieredieuf senegal

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March 27th 2008
I had the most amazing first day in Dakar...I knew immediately upon arriving at the hotel downtown in the middle of the night that I was going to love it once it came alive in the morning, and I wasn't wrong. I opened the french doors (which I have on two sides of my room, one set facing the courtyard, the other the street) to your "usual" (African usual, anyway) city hustle and bustle and the ... read more

Africa » Senegal » Cape Verde Peninsula » Dakar

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Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. Despite peace... ... read more