Here I am live from Dakar, the chaotic capital of Senegal. This is the second article in the series of live from Senegal. I will witness my adventure by making short videos and reporting updates. I am traveling solo and totally autonomously, and I will travel by public transportation.

Live video from Dakar

Highlighted is a glimpse of a beach, one of the best equipped by the way. With understatement one can say that they have ample room for improvement. The second video from my you tube channel is an overview of one of the bus stations; it pretty much gives the idea. At another, more central one with nicer buses that I could not catch, the forecourt was sand.

Where is Dakar ?

Dakar is on a peninsula, with a natural harbor, inhabited since time immemorial, since Paleolithic times. It does not have much to offer, but it is certainly interesting and one of the easiest places to somehow experience a world so far away from our own.

To be precise, I am not really posting live from Dakar, because I just arrived in Saint Luis. Now I’m going to go and find out.

Still me and the cabs of Dakar

I had some difficulties with transportation although not as much as in my incredible arrival which I tell about in the first article: Arrival in Senegal, 01-01-26

I won’t tell you about the driving style, but also (real) drivers who tell me they responded to my app (it took me a little while to figure it out), and they didn’t. One who in 2026 still doesn’t have internet in his phone and didn’t know where to take me. As many as 3 were coming to me, I could see them with the app, and 10 minutes into the trip, they canceled the reservation. The app, if it worked, would be great, also because no one speaks English, some not even French, and it is not easy to understand each other. One would also have to bargain, and I, who am not capable, spent much more than necessary with my travels.

While waiting between cabs, I was able to observe a few tidbits. For example, the policeman who stopped a motorcyclist to tell him to charge a military man, obviously without a helmet. Walking instead, no less than twice, heavily armed soldiers with covered faces prevented me from passing certain political buildings. I guess it must be because of my threatening look.

Links

Senegal’s other videos

The introduction before you go: Follow me live from Senegal January 26

• Arrival in Senegal, 01-01-26
• Journey to northern Senegal
• Still live from Senegal
• Videos of pelicans – hundreds
• Traveling in Africa, the different realities
• On the beaches of Senegal, some videos
• Video from one of the world’s most beautiful cemeteries
• This is what it means to visit Africa, Senegal

Senegal trip home page, with articles written from home: Getting around Africa independently: original public transport

If you like my videos, here is the home page with all the ones published so far from the world: Live on travel! short videos, while on the road

In conclusion the main pages of the blog with articles divided by destinations and types

Trips taken, travel stories divided by continent

Countries visited in my travel stories

Anecdotes, divided by type in travel narratives