G'day there! My final stop before I hit Dakar, Senegal, was the beach town of Saly, 80km south of Dakar. And so it was that I took two share taxis (changing from one to the other in a city called Thies) for this journey. And yes - for the first time in the entire 3-month …
Category: West Africa
Walking Tour of Saint Louis, Senegal
Yo! (sorry wanted to say something other than 'Howdy'). Today's video takes us to the town/city of Saint Louis, Senegal (as opposed to the more well known one). I took a walking tour, which at one point turns into a horse and carriage tour as the heat was getting to me and I was promised …
Langue de Barbarie – An Adventure in Senegal!
Howdy all! Today I present the latest vlog for you, as I like to do. On YouTube I have been fiddling around with when videos drop, and I've decided to stick to a firm schedule for the foreseeable future. As regular readers of the blog may know, I present the vlog the day after they …
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Dakhla to Nouakchott in one day – 900km in a Share Taxi across the Mauritanian Desert!
Well hey there! Let me tell you, this journey was quite the adventure! And in a good way too! A highly enjoyable ride through the desert with a great bunch of guys in the car. Lots of laughs across the way as I crossed into Mauritania from Morocco! Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJstqHSnTSY Thanks for popping by! May …
Destination of the Month – Senegal
Howdy all and somehow we are already at the last Sunday of November! And that means it’s time to reveal November’s ‘Destination of the Month’, which this time around it the West African nation of Senegal. In fact, this will be the final ‘Destination of the Month’ for 2022, and it holds a little bit …
Destination of the Month – Benin!
Howdy all! Last Sunday of the month means it’s time again for another ‘Destination of the Month’ – and today I am featuring the West African nation of Benin. What has prompted this choice? Well, next month the film ‘The Woman King’ starring Violet Davis is due for release, and although I know very little …
Life in the Remote Sahara
Please enjoy this video I came across on YouTube of life in one of the most inhospitable and remote places on Earth. David Adams starts in a town I have actually visited - Agadez, in Niger, but then heads out into the Sahara to visit people living far away from what most of us know! …
Cote D’Ivoire’s SPOOKY capital!
Hi all. I have never visited Cote D'Ivoire or it's capital Yamoussoukro, although I have been to a couple of the country's neighbours in Ghana and Burkina Faso. It's a city fashioned I guess like Nursultan or Ashgabat in the design of it's leader, where Abidjan sits near the coast as the biggest city in …
Things to See and Do – Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso - what does it hold for the visitor?
Essential Travel Tips For Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso, landlocked in West Africa with the capital Ouagadougou. Not on anyones' travel list perhaps just right now, But presuming that it becomes safe again and the pandemic subsides, these tips will no doubt help the prospective visitor!