Our home away from home

Beach time in Dakar

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August 27th 2006
After being extorted by scoundrels at Bamako airport, who lied and cheated us as we left the country - they were official immigration officers, but their uniforms belied the fact of their corrupt behaviour, we arrived in sunny Senegal. (There were six different cheats, each with a more ludicrous lie than the previous. By time we got on the plane we were saying a less than fond farewell to Mali.) ... 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