Thursday, September 3, 2015

Senegal Bucket List 2015-2017


  1. Visit all 14 regions in Senegal
    1. Dakar, Ziguinchor, Diourbel, Saint-Louis, Kaolack, Thiès, Louga, Tambacounda, Fatick, Kolda, Matam, Kaffrine, Kedougou, and Sedhiou
  2. Reach C1/Advanced High in French
  3. Go to a wedding
  4. Observe Ramadon 2016
  5. Go to the/a big stadium to watch the lutters (traditional wrestling) when the season starts
  6. Go to an ngente (baby naming ceremony)
  7.  Take the boat to Ziguinchor/Casamance
  8. Attend Festival of the Sahel (April 2016) -- It has been cancelled
  9. Learn to prepare ataaya (Senegalese tea)
  10. Attend the Jazz Festival in Saint Louis (May 2016)
  11. See Youssou N'dor play (again!)
  12. See Cheikh N'Digel Lô play
  13. Get down to the Gambia to visit my friend Stephen doing the Peace Corps
  14. Check out all the beaches and markets of Dakar
  15. Write a blog about them ^
  16. Learn the routes of the tatas, kar rapids, dakar dem dikk and ndiaga ndiaye**

This list is always changing.
If you think of something I should add,
leave a comment and let me know!
Disclamer: I was in Senegal in 2011
And my strikethroughs include things
I did during that trip as well.

Regions of Senegal
**Learn more about public and private transport options in Dakar here.

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