Our Friends

These are our only friends here in Dakar. They are fantastic. Left Mansour (who speaks English as he went to universtiy in the states). On the right is Aldo (who we communicate with through broken English, sign language, or Spanish oddly enough). I know this picture looks oddly posed but in reality it was spontaneous...not sure why it looks like that.

Getting Settled

June 26th 2006
I am finally ‘settled’ here in Dakar. Kristin and I are fully moved into our new house and trying our best to adjust to our new way of life. On the outside, things are not all that different from home. We wake up, walk to work, spend 8+ hours in front of a computer, then go home. However for some reason almost every aspect of the day is quite a chore for us. Ok, maybe waking up is not all tha ... read more

Africa » Senegal » Cape Verde Peninsula » Dakar

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

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