On the island

Squat 'n' Swat

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September 25th 2005
Squat 'n' Swat Imagine the scene. The sun is shining, interesting cliffs are towering around me, waves are lapping at my feet. It’s amazing. Until the pizza and ice cream I had paid too much for comes back to haunt me… Last weekend a bunch of us decided to spend Saturday at the beach. Before meeting everyone at school, I decided to splurge on an American lunch. I went to the gas ... 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