Half the Group

The Market

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August 27th 2005
Today was exciting. I went into downtown Dakar for the first time. We started out at the school this morning, and we broke up into groups of six. Each group left with a guide, a Senegalese university student. The guides taught us how to ride the Car Rapides, which are the crazy buses they have here. Actually, they are more like trucks with a cover on the back than buses, and they just cram mo ... 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