Archive for December, 2005
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Ziguinchor, Casamance
The same week we went to Guinea Bissau, we also went to the Casamance region of Senegal. Casamance is in the far southern part of the country, between the Gambia and Guinea Bissau. It is, without a doubt, my favorite part of Senegal. It is by far the greenest region, and the people are more [...]
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Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Into the Green
The first thing that hits you when you arrive in Casamance is how green it is. Dakar, and most of Senegal, are located in a transition area between tropical vegetation and the Sahara desert called the Sahel. The Casamance is at the northern edge of the tropical zone.
We calculated the cost of travel, and realized [...]
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Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Ile de Carabane
We spent our last couple days in the Casamance on the Ile de Carabane. Looking at these pictures, you can pretty much gather what our experience was like. Quiet and relaxing. There is not a lot to do there, which was just fine with us. We wandererd around the island (it’s located in the Casamance [...]
