Archive for the ‘Senegal’ Category
Senegal Social: Nostalgia Part 4
Posted in Senegal on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Senegal Social: Nostalgia Part 3
Posted in Senegal on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Senegal Social
Posted in Senegal on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The “Senegal meet-up” made me feel so nostalgic. Mr. Taylor had prepared a slide show that captured the trip perfectly, and I’m really hoping that my parents will let me go back next year. They may think I’m naïve, but I really want to see how the project evolves and meet up with the fantastic [...]
International Women’s Day
Posted in Senegal, Uncategorized on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday it was International Women’s Day. I saw a freshman boy gave out tulips to all the girls in his grade- so sweet! Nevertheless, we talked about it briefly at lunch yesterday, and one of my friends said it’s kind of degrading that women should have their own women’s day. It’s as if every other [...]
Unwanted company
Posted in Senegal on March 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I think my photos so far of Senegal have been slightly skewed, as it wasn’t all super clean and exotic-looking! Firstly, it was impossible to stay clean for very long and occasionally we had some unwanted company in our shower…
Le Kenkeni
Posted in Senegal, Uncategorized on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The place where I stayed at in Warang, Senegal was called ‘le Kenkeni.’ It was great, and the employees (Mathilde, Antoine, and Wally) were all very sympathetic. Sometimes we didn’t have running water, and if we did, it was only used for flushing the toilet and showering, as the water was quite dirty. Therefore, we [...]
Senegal first impressions
Posted in Senegal, Uncategorized on March 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a chaotic airport as the one in Dakar, or rather, “Aéroport International de Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor.” It really met up to international standards with only one baggage claim for all flights and an obvious shortage of trolleys. To remind you, we had 14 large boxes filled with donations, [...]
Plastic beads=memories
Posted in Senegal, Uncategorized on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who want to see the necklace I got, I’m wearing it below in the photo. The red, yellow, and green beads are the colors of the Senegalese flag. Cheap? yes Wearable? not really Personal? of course!
3 Moments
Posted in Senegal, Uncategorized on March 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
If I had to choose three wonderful moments from my life-changing experience in Senegal, it would have to be these: 1. The daily horse and cart-ride to the school. I looked forwards to that every morning. I’m not quite sure why, but I loved greeting everyone and waving to all the children who ran after [...]
I’m back!
Posted in Senegal on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Senegal was amazing! I would love to return next year and meet all the wonderful people I got to know. I’ll write all about it, but now I need to sleep and catch up on a few things. xxx
