At Goree

Week number one

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September 17th 2008
I’ve been on African for one week and two days and I just don’t know where to begin! As you may have already guessed, I arrived in Dakar safely though bag-less. I can tell you that declaring lost luggage in a foreign airport at 4:30am was not how I had hoped to spend my first hour in Senegal, but hey, it was a lesson in patience. My bag came a few days later, fully intact, for anyone who mi ... 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