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Category Archives: West Africa

I swallowed a bug during the night on Wednesday. It’s still sort of stuck in my throat. Annoying. This happened to me last summer, and it took me a week to digest. Well, I’m on day 5.I haven’t written in a while because I’ve been too busy to do so. Here’s a little summary of […]

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Apparently, Senegal is nicknamed “Le Pays de la Terra Anga”, essentially meaning the country of the welcome. And it’s so true!! People here are so welcoming, and I’m sure that I will only continue to experience this, especially when I move in with my family. Speaking about my family, I found out a little bit […]

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Let’s take it where I left off. After the French exam, I went out to buy a mango and a waterbottle with a couple of other girls. We brought the mangos back to the campus, washed them really well, pealed them with our hands, and ate them like apples. Yum! And it cost me less […]

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Wow. Where oh where to begin. I am here in Senegal, but have yet to realize that I am actually in Africa. Where are the lions? Haha, just kidding.Well, the flight was fairly normal. It was long, especially since we were on the runway for over an hour before leaving. There was a screen in […]

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