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Dakar Airport Arrival outside shops

by paedrus

Beware! When you arrive at the airport sometimes your travel agent personnel asks you to wait for other fellow travellers. During the wait, if they tell you to go with them outside to exchange money, DON'T. They will take you to a "know-to-them" shop outside the airport and the rate exchange is not acceptable. They usually do this to young couples (2 persons), and max. 2 couples.If you have to exchange money, do it so at your hotel, at the bank or ATM machines. Don't be unpleasant and keep saying that you are not interested.They will not be unpleasant with you. It's only a question of trying to live in better conditions (nothing else). The alternative is don't panic. There's a lot of people around and police nearby (it's very close to the airport arrival doors). Try to get out of there, saying that you are not interest in exchanging more money and try to walk slowly out of the door.If...

guide and the artisanal market

by mitella

You have to know that every people work as "guide", but unfortunatly they miss the essential and you will go straight to the artisanal market and it's boring and uninteresting. You probably go back with an expensive djembe under your arms, if you're lucky and you'll miss the most interesting things to do!!!Senegalese people are very kind but very pugnacious, you have to be patient, keep smiling but firm, explain what you want to do, to see and say no to the other things, but if you're lucky, you will probably find someone kind and it's better to be with someone who know the place, especially if you want to buy something, they wiil discuss to obtain the good price... Keep smiling and you could say that you'll stay in the place for many days, or that you're living here, It's the best thing to do, try to find a real guide from the tourist office or a the same kind person all your trip...

The bank scam

by Winksc

The bank in Tamacounda wouldnt change my travellers cheques what could I do I didnt have enoug cash to get back to Dakar. As I went back to the hotel and related my story to the hotel clerk another guy appeared. His brother works at the bank and he could sort it all out for a hefty commision what could I do he had me bent over a barrel. They refused me in Yoff as well and Im quite sure if I had been in one of the more popular hotels I could have found a similar philanphropist . but I had already checked out and did have enough cash to get by on the cheap for a few days so I told them to forget it. My advice take nothing but cash and hide it in a money belt under your clothes transfering a little bit to your wallet each day.

Not a great beach...

by TracyG

Plage Bel-Air (very close to the train station in Dakar) is a dirty beach. so best not to stay here, though it may have been cleaned up since I was there. Don't stay there too long! If you must stay near to the city, head for N'Gor a little further away. If you want beaches it is best to head further south.

Border Mauritania-Senegal

by johnsakura

This is well known to be the worst place to enter Senegal. From all border passages, the border here in Rosso is quite messy and full of currupt police officers in both sides, Mauritania and Senegal. Coming from Mauritanian Rosso, you have to make all your documents signed from the head cheef police, and remember not to give your passport to the wrong guy, it can just disapear. give your passport when 2 people police men are with you, foloow them even if they say you can't pass, this way you can always follow them and when someone blocks your entry say lowdly they have your passports to stamp! this way everyone will know reducing the probabilities of getting your pasport robbed and being ripped of for it to appear again. after Mauritanian formalities you have to get a boat to Senegalese Rosso which will cost you 1500UM for a veicule and plus 500UM for each passanger.On the Senegalese...

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Police officers

by johnsakura

Policemen in Senegal are the worst I've seen. Altough I know in some other countries in Africa they are even worst (how is this possible??). Even if you have all your documents and papers in order, follow all the rules and take care of people and situations, police will always try to get something out of you. Once a police in countryside Senegal told me I would leave until some money would be given to him...come one...In St. Louis on a road there is no road sign so I just turned left and he told me i made an infraction and should have gone to the roundabout (250m after) to make the run. He wanted some money and kept my drivers license. I didnt give him money and went direct to the police headquarters in St Louis. I made some pictures with my digital camera of place in St Louis with road sign and from the specific place without road sign to me to follow the rules, the head police was very...

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Car traffic in Dakar

by johnsakura

If you arrive Dakar by night you'll have to wait maybe 2 up to 3 hours to make the last kms of the main "highway" towards the city centre. Traffic jams are huge and people seem to loose hours on this. Be careful with crazy drivers... Be patiente and put up some music. If you can come a bit ealier although you still have many cars but not as much.6 to 8pm should be the critic time. Arrive a bit earlier.

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Your car all messed up

by johnsakura

Taking whells to Africa means having to loose lots of hours cleaning and put everythignin order very often or you'll not be able to find anything after a while. Order and organization maybe every 2 days? 5 days? a week? 2 weeks? ok forget it...

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Temperature

by johnsakura

Expect high temperatures all year round. Best time to go there maybe its in European Winter and Spring. I went in April and was ok although we got max 53º celcius, which is hot but ok. In summer temperatures can rise up to 60 and 65.

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Little villages

by johnsakura

People in little villages see tourist a way of trying to win or getting something. This way when you arrive to little villages like this one on the picture xpect children to run towards yourself. Take many htings in consideration:becareful if you drive cos some kids can actually fall and you can hit them with your car; if you give someting to a boy, others will also want; if you give something to a boy others will fight him; give present if you desire to an elder person to make the distribution; ask for pictures before you make them or children can turn violent at you and throw you stones.

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