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Hotel Review: Radisson Blu in Dakar, Senegal
Yeah, I know I’ve gotten a bit behind with this trip, but travel and travel planning keeps getting in the way. I need to find a way to use plane time productively to write blogs. That said, on to a...
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Playing tourist in Dakar, Senegal
Unfortunately, due to workload, I didn’t have a whole lot of time to tour Dakar, much less get to see the neighbouring countries. However, at least I managed to hit a few primary attractions. My main...
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Banjul to Ziguinchor, Senegal overland and visiting Ziguinchor
Our taxi driver showed up right on schedule, and soon we were off to the Gambia/Senegal border. Our transport to the border, photo courtesy of Jordan: It looked to be not too long of a drive, and our...
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Ziguinchor to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau overland and visiting Bissau
After checking out of the hotel we were able to flag down a cab to take us to the shared taxi rank. The minute we got out of the car, we were mobbed by people wanting to know where we were going. I...
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Bissau to Dakar, Senegal on ASKY and visiting Dakar
Despite the rather significant communication gap, the Coimbra Hotel did indeed have a driver ready and waiting (and they even have their own hotel van) to take us to the airport. Unfortunately, traffic...
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Dakar to Conakry, Guinea on ASKY and visiting Conakry
I had to get up early. Way too early. It was a struggle to decide…the Radisson ran airport shuttles at either 4am or 5am, and I was really debating risking the 5am. It would still get me there about an...
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Two nights in Dakar, Senegal
Our flight landed in Dakar around 5pm and by the time we were through passport control and got our checked bags it was after 530. Fortunately, the hotel’s shuttle was waiting at the airport which saved...
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Dakar to St Louis, Senegal overland and overnight in St Louis
Our only plan for the day was to make our way north from Dakar to St Louis, Senegal in the north so we could continue to Nouakchott, Mauritania the next day. It would probably have been much easier to...
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St Louis, Senegal to Nouakchott, Mauritania overland
Woke up early to get on the road, and Yves and team already had breakfast ready in the courtyard. Baguettes, pastries, sliced mango, bisap juice and fried eggs. I’m normally not a huge fan of staying...
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Upcoming Plans
So, yeah, it’s been a long time since I’ve written a travel blog. I think after Iceland I was a bit exhausted, and combine that with the fact that October-December are always my busiest months at work...
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