After Kaolack Lena, Ellie and I went to join Katie and Amee in Tambacounda, also known as the hottest city in Senegal. Although our hostel was pristine, the rest was pretty dull. The most exciting event of our night was when our restaurant, with only one meal available, got flooded after 10 minutes of rain. The next day we went down to the Kédougou in the Bassari country. A group of 5 western girls attracts attention but at least it means that we fill up a sep...

These next two blogs are really late but there are plenty of travel stories ahead! We started our travels off by heading to Kaolack for a night where we discovered a new kind of transport: the Djakartas! These are like taxis but motorbikes instead of cars! Our first ride was a nice one as both the drivers were being careful as they had "poor, fragile, female toubabs" on the back. The other time was fine until the drivers decided to race to our final destination...

Holidays have now fully started so earlier in July, Lena and I finally got our act together and had long, tiring, hot, uncomfortable and eventful sept places journey to Dakar. We struggled to find a car as all the Ziguinchor teachers were leaving to correct the baccalaureate elsewhere in Senegal, we had a misunderstanding with a Gambian taxi driver (not even in Wolof, in English...), got into a verbal fight with a nasty man at a car station over a bag and got ad...

The day after Bob Marley's death day (on which one can seriously wonder if Mr Marley was Jamaican or Senegalese …) Lena and I left for Joal-Fadiouth, Katie and Amee's home. With cars being old and the roads bumpy, travelling around Senegal takes quite a while but this time we had an additional 4 hour wait at the Gambian ferry… in the heat of the day. No need to say that we were very pleased when we saw two toubabs waiting for us at Joal's car station. Their t...

We're just back from a school trip in the Gambia with the English Club. We went there for a twinning with a Gambian high school. We were told that we were going to be in charge of groups of girls during the four days but luckily we weren't- we found it tiring enough like that! This school trip was very different to the ones I've been on- much more relaxed. Lena and I realised how entertaining it must have been for our teachers because we certainly found it very a...