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| We spent a fair bit of time waiting for public transport. |
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| An unusually empty bus- mostly, we had standing room only, and were packed 'like sardines'. :-) |
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| Sept-Place |
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| Waiting again - this time for an hour for the City Bus #227. Mame Fatou engages the welders in a conversation about the doors they are displaying on the roadside |
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| The VDN- built by France with toll gates where I understand France takes home the lion's share of the revenue generated. |
Chapeaux ! to people who take the public transport everyday and are able to miraculously arrive at work on time; to women with babies tied tightly on their backs, hanging on in crowded buses; to the generally cheerful friendliness of transportation takers and givers; and to the fun people seem to have with negotiating prices.
Last Day
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| Yacine, new taxi owner, driver and taxi owner's brother: pre-departure to airport. Mame Fatou accompanies me. Jerejef! |
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| New airport quite a bit outside of Dakar- Blais International Airport. |
Damn, that's so cool. It's inspiring to watch you on your journey and to see you embrace the immersion with such an open spirit. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback. :-) Over the next week or so, I hope to complete the blog. It is fun and useful to me to have this opportunity to step back and see the whole. When in Senegal, my life in Canada in most ways just did not seem to 'exist'. I guess travel allows travelers to have more of a 'living in the now' experience. You may have felt that in Montreal this summer. :-)
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