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Africa » Senegal » Lower Casamance » Ziguinchor July 23rd 2008

first I went to oussye, a city in the middle of the jungle. its suppoused to be the capital of the department and the sorcerer of the region lives here, a dude called atabo whose son I met cause wazs a good friend of pablo, my friend in dakar, got it? everythign is green full of baobabs and fromagers, huuuuge trees, amazing ones. and therere mosquitos with malaria everywhere, and you can breathe the greeness, and the sly is so full of stars that the milky way looks like a huge cloud keeping you in its white shade... africa is startibng to get to good to describe fast and in few words nd in an azerty keyboard. ... read more
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Africa » Senegal » Lower Casamance » Ziguinchor January 24th 2005

It's nice to have left the predatory 'bumsters' of the Gambia behind. Bumsters is the local Gambian name for the touts and would be guides that plague the Atlantic coast. Here in Ziguinchor, it's much more relaxed. This is undoubtedly because Ziguinchor isn't a mass package tourism destination. The interior of the Gambia may be less of a hassle, but I never got there, as I spent days feeling unwell with tooth ache and didn't want to do anything. It has to be said being pestered by bumsters when I have tooth ache makes me bad tempered! Anyway, I decided yesterday to move on, despite not visiting some of the things up country that I had intended. The Lonely Planet wasn't very helpful as to the location of the Casamance garage for the bus to the ... read more
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Africa » Senegal » Lower Casamance » Ziguinchor October 13th 1991

trip to senegal in 1991... read more




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