Need to Know – West Africa

Hi all – another ‘Need to know’ this time on a part of the world you may not have considered visiting. Although West Africa lacks the east’s game parks, wildlife etc and received much fewer visitors per year, it is a genuinely vibrant and exciting part of Africa and one that deserves more visitors. If …

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Little Places – Saint Louis, Senegal

A few hours by bumpy transport from the Senegalese capital Dakar (320km), out on its own couple of islands, is the sleepy fishing town of Saint Louis. Interestingly Saint Louis was the capital of Senegal as a French colony from the 17th to late 19th century, and so yes, it certainly is a ‘colonial town’. …

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City Rumble – Dakar versus Dhaka

I know what you’re thinking. Andrew is doing this city rumble simply because the names are so similar. And you’re pretty much right! It was 2004 that I set out to cross by land (as much as was reasonable) from Dhaka, in Bangladesh, to Dakar, in Senegal. It was a journey I sort of changed …

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