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Week 5, Senegal

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November, 22nd: Woke up round 7.30, a bit hung over (although i did not drink that much)... Breakfasted, showered, rinsed some cloths. Updating blog now at the reception of the campsite... Waiting for our cab to the old town ... Old town was nice, but not that spectacular. 2 nice mosques and some good photo opportunities. Had lunch in a very crowded, but cosy lunchroom ... Fish didn't agree on being eaten ... Bought myself a Senegal football shirt (Ben too)  By 3.00h we took a cab back... Dip in the sea and some relaxing at the   Last night there was a quite one for me. Was not in the mood for cardgames or beer drinking, so... went to my tent for an episode of star trek and an early night. November, 23rd: Rose at 7, breakfasted, packed our gear and on the way to Dakar  Everywhere kids waving and shouting ... After several stops we arrived in Dakar in a campsite. Truck had to be squeezed in, but ... a nice and cosy place. With some cold beers and wines we chatted away...

Week 4, Mauritania and entering Senegal

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 November, 15th: Slept in until 7.30, showered (felt sooo good), breakfasted, sorted out my stuff, updated blog as far as possible (wifi went down)... Had a nice relaxing morning here at the campsite in Atar: Moved my tent to a better spot and managed to publish week 3 of this blog. It was almost like a day at the office ... ;-) Laterz.... The rest of the day was hot, hotter, hottest ... so, napped a little and round 5 pm Tom and I checked out town and got some refreshments. Nice walk but not that much to be seen. Little market was all. People really don't like it to be photographed, so i didn't. Cookgroup made a nice diner, and the evening was chatted and guitar-played away (I'm sure that's incorrect English, but so what). Slept like a log as usual, despite an electricity burn down and heavily snoring fellow travelers. November, 16th: Rose at 6.30, ran to the toilet (yep, diarrhea), breakfasted and packed for a day trip to Chinquetti, an old city. Some anti diarrhea pi...