Gorée Island: a welcomed escape Less than two miles off the coast of Dakar surrounded by clear turquoise waters and white sand beaches lies…
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Taxicab Confessions
ANTI-SOCIAL, me? Standing on the curb, my stomach growling, I waved my hand discretely to beckon the weathered yellow taxi slowly driving…
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Travel warnings against all travel to Mali
Language is a tool of which no nation in the world can have a monopoly.<br/-Modibo Keïta, former President of Mali, from a speech to the…
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Treks worth sharing
In memory of the fearless treks of those who make freedom possible, may our travels teach us to follow in their footsteps…. There is…
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Host country goggles
In the process of adapting to life abroad, my first step, whether passing through or settling into a more permanent routine, is to slip on…