-> Lamine "a Senegalese like no other"
good Yes, I know I'm late MEGA: 15 days ago it was!
St. Louis, former capital of Senegal, is actually an island at North. We decided to spend a weekend over there, we thought it would be just super, but in fact largely c feasible because of the Bird Park Djioudji (one of the parks + known) is closed at this
season. So Mathilde spoke to a doctor with whom she has a guard, who has spun the issue of one of his friends over there, a surgeon, who has hosted tt at weekends, calls and tt o resto! Finally les gens st bien sympas ici, certains du moins.
Donc nous voila en route pour la Gare Routière le vendredi midi apres notre stage, avec l'intention de prendre un taxi-brousse, ou taxi Peugeot 7 places. Deja, quand t'arrives la tu cherches pas bien longtemps, c eux ki viennent a toi avant meme ke tu sois descendu du taxi!!! "St-Louis? Venez,venez!" ok alors tu commences a essayer de negocier le prix du voyage, evidemment ca a augmente par rapport a notre Lonely Planet. 4000CFA/pers (+500/bagage), bon 6€ en gros.
Tu flippes paske tt le monde te saute dessus pdt ce temps-la, tu sais pas si le mec va te rendre la monnaie car il part en faire chez le voisin (ils ont jamais de monnaie ici, c'est le gros pb des PVD, ds distributors as they give big ticket but you 10000CFA galleys to death because the elapse tt the world in dire need of money), but in fact they are gonna Reglo.
Then you must wait until the taxi fills (yes, 7 seats, so we have 7 people, it was only 2, the two Senegalese already. The taxi-bush are very rings used by tourists, that ms also sengalais return ds their families at weekends, or they take the mini-bus - the NdiagaNdiaye vs vs remember?-c cheaper ... less comfortable too !!!!!) Good
was not gonna take long, 30 - 40min. Meanwhile you try to send ballad "poll" the sellers of watches, bananas, peanuts or sweets, jewelry, and articles all types ...
The trip itself: epic. Packed like sardines in the rear, you breathe pdt 1bonne hour exhaust fumes from the highway out of Dakar, the trunk is so packed to the rafters that opens each burst of the car, ie every 5 minutes (oh yes, drive to Dakar is not quite the right track but AC gets closer to a 4x4 ride anyway !!)... hmm not very reassuring all this.
Once on the road, we pass at the mango sellers, impressive all along the road several miles pdt. And there, the taxi starts to slow down and park ... Unhappy keskil fact, we'll be harassed! You see 4, 5, 6 .. mamas Senegalese Will rush from all sides, a basin full of mangoes ds arms, surrounding the car and starting to give you their price ... "500F 500F" hmm c Dakar has approximately 500f the 2 mangoes, ms good you try to negotiate (500 3) to understand that before .. c 500f ... the entire basins!! tt nothing, koi! "I want, I want!"
We continue our road: I really discover what I imagined of Africa: from the bush has lost sight of the baobabs in here and there, the sun, heat, the villages of huts regularly on the roadside, children or young senagalais trailing everywhere, probably between 2 villages ... I regale
L'arrivée a St-Louis, apres 4h de route sur 30cm de banquette. Les enfants venant vers toi "toubab, toubab, (= homme blanc) donne une mangue"...donne un cadeau"...donne une piece!" Tu finis par leur donner une mangue pour avoir la paix (ne jamais donner d'argent aux enfants en Afrique, ca va direct ds la poche du marabou censé les nourrir et les eduquer, ce que bien sur il ne fait pas!), mais ils reviennent vite a la charge! Heureusement notre hôte Lamine vient ns chercher, puis ns fait faire un tour de la ville en voiture, ns emmene chez lui, puis ns invite o resto, super sympa! (par contre il faut pas etre presse pr manger, le service est tres long : + d'1h! - mais je dois préciser, sur les conseils de Lamine, c c Paske that "not heated," c "homemade koi, the family kitchen! -). I can not describe the architecture of St. Louis, it should be seen in map or photo, but basically c connects an island to the mainland by a very handsome iron bridge, it is 500m wide and miles long qq . On the other side of the island, a bridge connects it to the Langue de Barbarie, a kind of extension / peninsula from Mauritania to the north that extends over more than 25 km to the south, for 200 or 300m wide! Looks like a language, what ... The next morning
ns ns useful info regarding tours to do with the tourist office. Error, because Ca + ns has cost well than if it was a guide walking through the town .. supposedly it pays 'provision Guide', and state taxes ... pout
Then we will visit the Hospital of St. Louis, with our host surgeon. It is + class that or I'm on probation in Dakar, but not c kan same as us ...
Saturday after lunch, we visit the National Park Langue de Barbarie, canoe, or we see a lot of birds, particularly pelicans etc. .. And the morning diamnche Reserve Gueumbeul, or they try to relocate several species of endangered anumaux: several breeds of gazelles, tortoises, monkeys, oryx .. good in fact it is done quickly, 30min. So then we walk the city ds, go around the island on foot.
And finally back, taxi-brousse always has a little + long because of caps on arrival at Dakar.
St. Louis, former capital of Senegal, is actually an island at North. We decided to spend a weekend over there, we thought it would be just super, but in fact largely c feasible because of the Bird Park Djioudji (one of the parks + known) is closed at this
season. So Mathilde spoke to a doctor with whom she has a guard, who has spun the issue of one of his friends over there, a surgeon, who has hosted tt at weekends, calls and tt o resto! Finally les gens st bien sympas ici, certains du moins. Donc nous voila en route pour la Gare Routière le vendredi midi apres notre stage, avec l'intention de prendre un taxi-brousse, ou taxi Peugeot 7 places. Deja, quand t'arrives la tu cherches pas bien longtemps, c eux ki viennent a toi avant meme ke tu sois descendu du taxi!!! "St-Louis? Venez,venez!" ok alors tu commences a essayer de negocier le prix du voyage, evidemment ca a augmente par rapport a notre Lonely Planet. 4000CFA/pers (+500/bagage), bon 6€ en gros.
Tu flippes paske tt le monde te saute dessus pdt ce temps-la, tu sais pas si le mec va te rendre la monnaie car il part en faire chez le voisin (ils ont jamais de monnaie ici, c'est le gros pb des PVD, ds distributors as they give big ticket but you 10000CFA galleys to death because the elapse tt the world in dire need of money), but in fact they are gonna Reglo.
Then you must wait until the taxi fills (yes, 7 seats, so we have 7 people, it was only 2, the two Senegalese already. The taxi-bush are very rings used by tourists, that ms also sengalais return ds their families at weekends, or they take the mini-bus - the NdiagaNdiaye vs vs remember?-c cheaper ... less comfortable too !!!!!) Good
was not gonna take long, 30 - 40min. Meanwhile you try to send ballad "poll" the sellers of watches, bananas, peanuts or sweets, jewelry, and articles all types ...
The trip itself: epic. Packed like sardines in the rear, you breathe pdt 1bonne hour exhaust fumes from the highway out of Dakar, the trunk is so packed to the rafters that opens each burst of the car, ie every 5 minutes (oh yes, drive to Dakar is not quite the right track but AC gets closer to a 4x4 ride anyway !!)... hmm not very reassuring all this.
Once on the road, we pass at the mango sellers, impressive all along the road several miles pdt. And there, the taxi starts to slow down and park ... Unhappy keskil fact, we'll be harassed! You see 4, 5, 6 .. mamas Senegalese Will rush from all sides, a basin full of mangoes ds arms, surrounding the car and starting to give you their price ... "500F 500F" hmm c Dakar has approximately 500f the 2 mangoes, ms good you try to negotiate (500 3) to understand that before .. c 500f ... the entire basins!! tt nothing, koi! "I want, I want!"
We continue our road: I really discover what I imagined of Africa: from the bush has lost sight of the baobabs in here and there, the sun, heat, the villages of huts regularly on the roadside, children or young senagalais trailing everywhere, probably between 2 villages ... I regale
L'arrivée a St-Louis, apres 4h de route sur 30cm de banquette. Les enfants venant vers toi "toubab, toubab, (= homme blanc) donne une mangue"...donne un cadeau"...donne une piece!" Tu finis par leur donner une mangue pour avoir la paix (ne jamais donner d'argent aux enfants en Afrique, ca va direct ds la poche du marabou censé les nourrir et les eduquer, ce que bien sur il ne fait pas!), mais ils reviennent vite a la charge! Heureusement notre hôte Lamine vient ns chercher, puis ns fait faire un tour de la ville en voiture, ns emmene chez lui, puis ns invite o resto, super sympa! (par contre il faut pas etre presse pr manger, le service est tres long : + d'1h! - mais je dois préciser, sur les conseils de Lamine, c c Paske that "not heated," c "homemade koi, the family kitchen! -). I can not describe the architecture of St. Louis, it should be seen in map or photo, but basically c connects an island to the mainland by a very handsome iron bridge, it is 500m wide and miles long qq . On the other side of the island, a bridge connects it to the Langue de Barbarie, a kind of extension / peninsula from Mauritania to the north that extends over more than 25 km to the south, for 200 or 300m wide! Looks like a language, what ... The next morning
ns ns useful info regarding tours to do with the tourist office. Error, because Ca + ns has cost well than if it was a guide walking through the town .. supposedly it pays 'provision Guide', and state taxes ... pout
Then we will visit the Hospital of St. Louis, with our host surgeon. It is + class that or I'm on probation in Dakar, but not c kan same as us ... Saturday after lunch, we visit the National Park Langue de Barbarie, canoe, or we see a lot of birds, particularly pelicans etc. .. And the morning diamnche Reserve Gueumbeul, or they try to relocate several species of endangered anumaux: several breeds of gazelles, tortoises, monkeys, oryx .. good in fact it is done quickly, 30min. So then we walk the city ds, go around the island on foot.
And finally back, taxi-brousse always has a little + long because of caps on arrival at Dakar. 
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