Tag: #travelstories
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In general, it is easier to make interesting encounters by traveling independently; this is also true when traveling in Africa. So too, unlike group travel, it is easier to relate to the locals. This is good, but it can also be bad. As, without serious consequences, was the blatant cab scam as soon as I…
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The question of what a travel blog is for I have asked myself several times particularly during 2025, and specifically in Laos and Serbia. Having future destinations many months in advance in my head, returning from one trip I would often buy a printed guidebook for the next one and perhaps read it on the…
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It’s not like in Tanzania or going on safari, but still you see animals in Senegal. Live and dead, they are almost all free. Animal citizens in Senegal In the daily routine of many Senegalese is the sharing of space with pets. They live together with people and are almost never tethered or fenced in.…
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My interesting acquaintances while traveling often included other travelers. Sometimes even people living in the place I visited and even immigrants. Meeting expats in Miami was the most interesting thing about my days there. I had also gone there to visit my friend Tania, who introduced me to both her mom and sister and their…
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Me and Senegalese taxi drivers, even without cars In my independent touring in Africa, I have had to deal with original public transportation. I have vividly in my mind the moment of leaving Saint Luis in the rain. Yes, because even in Africa it sometimes rains. I was lucky to get out of my bnb…
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Going to Disney World I wrote this in one of the reports I emailed live during the 2004 solo trip. Many years later, a bitter film m at also entertaining, about the world that is next to that from the parks-a dream called Florida. I had to think hard about what to see at Disney…
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Especially at one time, I had an easy time making acquaintances on the road. Even in big cities that, experienced as a traveler, I found electrifying because of the many things to experience and because, if you have limited time, you have to plan well. And, as mentioned, several times in this blog, I like…
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Traveling is not only seeing beautiful places Visiting Africa is not, or not only, going on safari to spot wild animals, or wandering around pyramids. In this article are the latest videos from Senegal. To the many who have asked me if it was a good trip, I reply that I saw a couple of…
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I had the opportunity to visit New Orleans the year before the disasters of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating in history. I wrote this story on the occasion of my 2004 solo trip to the US. Of New Orleans, the atmosphere is very nice; if you walk around the non-touristy streets, everyone you…
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Videos from a cemetery might also be considered distasteful, but there is at least one exception in the world and it is in Senegal. In addition, another peculiarity of the area is the free roaming pigs. Whenever you visit a town or village in Senegal, it is normal to see domestic animals. Being a Muslim…