Category Archives: Dakar

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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Spin me a yarn

Posted on June 17, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

I loved seeing this gentleman at work this past spring at ISD during World Cultural Month and had the opportunity to chat with him, courtesy of a translator. He’s been weaving for 60 years. He is 75 years old. If … Continue reading →

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On the Corniche

Posted on April 19, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread
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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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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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A wonderful student project

Posted on February 1, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

If you’d like to know more about La Pouponniere or adoption in Senegal, check out the new blog written by one of our high school students at ISD, completed as part of an independent project. Adoption in Senegal 

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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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Searching for an international teaching job

Posted on January 1, 2013 by bestbookihavenotread

A lot of people have asked about the how of working at an international school. I personally used Search Associates and loved not only Sally Gordon, my associate, but everyone I have ever interacted with from Search Associates. Talk about … 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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