Day 7 (part 3) – 1/1/09 – Joal-Fadiout, Senegal; Dakar Airport; Atlanta, Georgia

After Lac Rose, both The Blogger and The Lady were getting pretty touristed-out, and we both were sort of ready to get back to the hotel and crash before catching a 2:30 am flight from Dakar to Hotlanta.  By this point, it was around 3:00 and we were still slated to go to the twin [...]

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Day 7 (part 2) – 1/1/09 – Lac Rose (Near Dakar, Senegal)

As The Blogger noted previously, Reserve de Bandia is about 65 km south of Dakar.  Because The Blogger knew immediately upon seeing it in Lonely Planet that Bandia would be a destination, he recalled this clearly from his map of Senegal.  He also recalled reading about the next stop on the itinerary – Lac Rose [...]

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Day 7 (part 1) – 1/1/09 – Reserve de Bandia (Near Dakar, Senegal)

  Big Baobab New Year’s Day dawned bright and, as it does everywhere in the world, entirely too early.  After going to sleep at 3:30, we had to be up at 8:00 to meet our tour guides for today’s adventure in front of the hotel at 8:30.  Although draggy, we were remarkably functional, and managed [...]

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Day 6 (part 6) – 12/31/08 – Ozio Restaurant, Dakar, Senegal

I have already spent far too much time on the NYE party, and could go on forever, but I will close with a few thoughts on the wildly gesticular culture of the Lebanese and a short comparitive anthropological deconstruction of Lebanese v. American man-hugs.  I have long believe that much can be learned about a [...]

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Day 6 (part 5) – 12/31/08 – Ozio Restaurant, Dakar, Senegal

Day 6 (part 5) – 12/31/08 – Ozio Restaurant, Dakar, Senegal

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Day 6 (part 4) – 12/31/08 – Ozio Restaurant, Dakar, Senegal

Day 6 (part 4) – 12/31/08 – Ozio Restaurant, Dakar, Senegal

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Day 6 (part 3) – 12/31/08 – Ozio Restaurant, Dakar, Senegal

Day 6 (part 3) – 12/31/08 – Ozio Restaurant, Dakar, Senegal

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Day 6 (part 2) – 12/31/08 – Ozio Restaurant, Dakar, Senegal

Day 6 (part 2) – 12/31/08 – Ozio Restaurant, Dakar, Senegal

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Day 6 (part 1) – 12/31/08 – Dakar, Senegal

Still Going Strong In Dakar New Year’s Eve dawned bright and early at the crack of 10:00 am (which is absurdly late for us) and we meandered up to a pattiserie in the main part of town for coffee and croisants, which were good.  I had another, which was even better.  First stop was an [...]

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Day 5 (part 3) – 12/30/08 – Dakar, Senegal

Day 5 (part 3) – 12/30/08 – Dakar, Senegal

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