Category Archives: Africa

Great Senegal blog

Posted on July 12, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

Kari maintains the great blog Senegal Daily and maintains Dakar Eats, a wonderful resource for expats living in Senegal. She helped with this article in the magazine for Ethiopia Air. Check it out! Fish as Feast  

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On the Corniche

Posted on April 19, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread
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Kruger Park, South Africa, October 2012

Posted on April 15, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

I was fortunate enough to get to attend the AISA (Association of  International Schools in Africa) conference in Johannesburg, South Africa this past October. It was a wonderful professional experience and a welcome respite from Dakar’s heat. One of the speakers … Continue reading →

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Vilage des art de Dakar

Posted on April 14, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

Yesterday I had the opportunity to go the Vilage des Art de Dakar (Dakar Art Village). Not that far from the area I live in, next to the soccer stadium, there is a small refuge away from the ‘cityness’ of … Continue reading →

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Growing Papaya ‘Trees’?? Things I wonder about

Posted on April 13, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

I thought I’d write about these bizarre looking plants that showed up in my ‘yard’ earlier this school year and have just kept growing. It was almost if they weren’t there one day and then the next they were knee-high … Continue reading →

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Getting ill overseas–Challenges of living abroad-Dec 2012

Posted on March 17, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

“Guys, I think I might need to go home. I’m feeling really sick,” I said to the kids Thursday as we walked from the parking lot towards the school entrance. A wave of exhaustion and nausea had washed over me in the … Continue reading →

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What I wished I had packed. What I wonder why I packed. What I’m glad I packed

Posted on January 18, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

Things I’m glad I packed: Coffee! Sunscreen bug spray (with Deet) brown sugar cocoa powder vanilla pancake mix maple syrup-you know the kind kids like, not the real stuff storage containers for the kitchen ziploc bags (wish I had packed … Continue reading →

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Groceries-just in case you don’t know how good we have it in the states

Posted on January 2, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

Groceries are really expensive in Dakar, Senegal. I just went to the grocery for a few items at a ‘reasonably’ priced grocery (Superplus L’Essential), spent 15, 000 cfa ($30 USD) and got 2000 cfa ($4) in change.  I bought: 1 … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve in Senegal

Posted on December 24, 2012 by bestbookihavenotread

So we are celebrating our first Christmas abroad as a family. It is currently 73 degrees at 8:00 p.m. in Dakar, Senegal and we have just returned from a dinner of brochette poisson avec frites (fish kabobs and fries) at … Continue reading →

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What the kids miss…

Posted on November 10, 2012 by bestbookihavenotread

Friends Family paved roads everywhere basketball team basketball practice access to television whenever they want texting on her cell phone wearing hoodies wearing boots and Uggs (Maggie) a microwave Things that have filled the void: new friends-both kids outdoor recess … Continue reading →

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