Thanks for that great insider input. Is a Senagalese white person still considered a toubab, or is it only for tourists?

As long as its not orlando

Not being Paris or Orlando is a great thing 😂

Dakar is such a great city, such a rich dynamic culture, fantastic music, great cuisine, and it’s such a positive place. Unfortunately, in my opinion the catch-up to Western culture has posed some big drawbacks. Everybody (understandably) has been lured by the idea of freedom of owning a car ( like the West), and the delirious effects have been horrible traffic, noise, smog, and congestion. Not anything worse than the rest of the world, but it’s been a hard thing to witness over the course of the last 30 years. Pikine Tally Boubesse was my neighborhood, and non le tally ne pas bi tres boubess, ça te jure!

They still are. And I honestly don't think white Senegalese is a thing. ​@@GeographyKing

Thanks! There'll be more international travel content as I'm entering that aspect of my life. I've got another major international trip this fall.

Every now and then the atmospheric systems are just right to where those dust clouds make it all the way to Florida.

​@@GeographyKing They actually go all the way to the Amazon... Anually about 30 million tons of Sahara dust end up in the amazon rainforest.

Gotta be great for the turbines

@@warriorson7979 west africa is much closer to the amazon than it is to florida

@@warriorson7979and parts of the US as well

Kampala is such an interesting city and such a diverse kaleidoscope of different peoples, languages, and cultures. There motor bike taxis are pretty sketchy though, I had some close calls with oncoming cars at the merci of my chauffeur

There are discussions on that, ecologists are asking for a central park but the former goverment wanted to have a housing project so we're still waiting

Do you feel like they've already outgrown the airport? I flew in and out of there but also had an intra-trip flight to Gambia. It was overly chaotic right at the entrance each time and there weren't even enough seats in the gate waiting area to accommodate a widebody passenger load. I think maybe they underestimated the volume of traffic.

@@GeographyKing They have definitely outgrown the airport. Senghor Airport is not very old and it feels more like a smaller regional airport than a big intl one in a major capital. Senegal only has two other commercial airports, both much smaller. If there are plans to expand it, I have not yet heard. I don’t know if this is a contributor, but it always felt like there was much demand but not many flights elsewhere among neighboring nations. People take overnight busses from the likes of Mali and Guinea just to fly out of Senegal. A friend of mine visited Cape Verde with two weeks between each flight. I went to Morocco and had to connect in Portugal and I was never on a flight that wasn’t packed. I hope there can be improvement so that infrastructure meets demand.

​@@holdenackerman8783 Are you a Dakar native? What do you think that should be the future of the old airport area? Salute from São Paulo city, Brazil.

@@eduardocajias5626 Not a Dakar native, no. Just lived there for a couple of years but left over 2020. From everything I’ve heard, the city’s changed a lot and I’d like to visit again. As for the future of the old airport lot, I’m worried it’ll just be more high rise housing. Most of the recent development in the Dakar region outside the city looks like a bunch of little collections of buildings without much care to how they are connected. I’m hoping the airport can be a more thoughtfully designed place with green space and improved public transit.

@@holdenackerman8783 THANK you!

I hope to return. The people were very kind and helpful. I saw a lot of the country besides Dakar, but there's still more to see.

I was thinking of this song too. That album is so good.

Yeah it was a great experience. Seeing the cities but also small villages was a great way to see the countries

Welcome to Kenya

Welcome to east Africa

@@danogeto78 thank you

Are you European living or born in South Africa because, some of you love claiming African but, your bloodline is European😂

@@jozejeaux3962 Firstly, in South Africa, we don’t make that distinction. Everyone in South Africa who was born here is South African, no matter whether you’re white black or purple. Secondly, about 10 percent of South Africans are of European descent. Ten percent of South Africans are coloured (which means mixed race, of asian, European, and African descent, but mostly indigenous rather than Bantu. Coloureds in Cape Town also tend to have a lot of Indonesian heritage, and are thus Muslim). The rest is different African groups - this will blow your American mind, but there’s far more than just “black” - so bantu, indigenous/“khoi”, etc. Another huge amount are also of Indian descent. I’m coloured, but that shouldn’t matter to you anyway. What a stupid question. Come visit here and leave that nonsense behind. Or skim read a Wikipedia article before assuming things about my country and what we think 🇿🇦😌 much love

Don't worry we just democrately elected a new president in march

Welcome to east Africa too

Welcome to Kenya too 😊

They are definitely surrounded by some scary waters. When Guinea is your most stable neighbor you've got some major security issues nearby.

​@@GeographyKing Whay about Cote d'Ivoire and Gana?! They are supposed not to be so instable, aren't they?!

​@@GeographyKing*What about

@@eduardocajias5626 Côte d'Ivoire is now but they weren't few years ago and the weird thing is that their president managed to steal an illegal 3rd term

Thank you!

I spent two days there right after Dakar. It was quite different for sure. I was able to walk most of the city and it definitely doesn't feel as big as its population. But the central island of the city is great for walking. I literally walked up and down every street in S patterns on the island. The oceanside area not on the island has a large fishing beach and it goes right up to the border with Mauritania. A lot of boat builders and repair men are there, and there's a fairly large goat market plaza.

Welcome to Kenya

I don't know what most people would think of you... But, for me (a crazy lover of all kind of maps - I've studied Journalism and Geography), I am full of "envy" of all your travels... Salute from São Paulo city, Brazil.

Very true, although, most people in the US aren’t even aware if this

I'll be back in west Africa this fall. Within a week of being back from this trip, I was ready to book the next one.

They’re here in 🇿🇦 too

Welcome to Kenya too

So we kinda have both squat toilets and WC chairs with flush, we have showers but here you'll always find a tap, a bucket with water, you might NEVER find toilet paper as we use bidets. That's it otherwise it depends on you it might be the same experience as Europe

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Why not? You’d think with the population centers of canada a transcontinental railway would be perfect

@@Alex-tx2dh Canada seems to have an aversion to expensive projects the past 30 years. Literally nothing big gets built in Canada these days. As soon as a large project is announced, locals always protest against it and the project gets shelved.

Isn't Canada wealthy enough to build a railway system?

@@lawsonhellu4718 Sure. Just not willing.

The U.S. doesn't even have a DEPENDABLE long distance bus service! Greyhound has deteriorated to an unbelievable degree!

Akon City is a nice dream, but probably unrealistic.

Thank you! Since I was a little kid I looked at the atlas and saw how Senegal is closer to the US than most of Europe and wanted to visit. I was there for fun, but fun for me is a lot of exploration on foot so it can end up like work from a workout standpoint.

@@GeographyKing I've been to a few places in Eastern Africa. This was in the last millennium and I'm guessing before much of the modernization. I hope they'll be able to keep things maintained and not be too exploited.

It was actually a photo of the real Muppet bus from the movie

Visit Kenya too

@@danogeto78 I will!

I drank the tap water in my hotel, but you'll be served bottled water in restaurants. I'm not sure about public toilets. Currency is West African Franc (XOF), the same as in several other countries in the region. Wi-fi was good all throughout the city and there's a good 5G signal everywhere in town (even in some of the rural areas as well). ATMS are widely available, they usually work, but a lot of places only take cash. Hotels and nicer restaurants take cards, but cash is king. Nothing closes at call to prayer. It's actually not at all audible publicly like it is in Morocco or Middle Eastern countries. But call to prayer isn't "everything stop right now", it's more of a general timeframe for most. Renting a car isn't necessary for intown stuff, but you may want to if you want to travel out of the city. They do have good Greyhound style/air-conditioned motorcoach buses for routes of the city. I didn't rent a car while there and visited many other parts of the country via bus and taxi.

Yes, you can drink the tap water in Dakar (I used to live there).

I bought it at a market in a smaller town in Senegal. It's great material for being outside in the heat.

Wheat 🌾 farming,oyster 🦪 farming fishing

Couldn't agree more.

Yeah a lot of senegalese people are asking for that

@@ibrahima6907 that's what they should do

You can get by w/o knowing French. I traveled Senegal and Gambia for a few weeks and did just fine w/ English and hand gestures. Il Goree is a must.

I actually do speak French. I'm not fluent but do pretty well. You can certainly visit without knowing French but you'll be limited as to what you can do. But also, if something goes wrong it can be a major issue. While I was there, the bus from a smaller town back to Dakar got cancelled. I was stuck in that town and had to walk the streets trying to find people that were trying to get to Dakar to fill a taxi with since the driver wouldn't leave unless the taxi was full. Without knowing French I'd have been screwed, but if you just stay in Dakar you can probably at least find a hotel with English speaking people on staff.

@@michaeldescalso211 Would you have used English and hand gestures in Mexico or Spain?

I'd like to visit but I couldn't get everywhere. I went to Saint Louis, Mbour, Thies, Fadiouth, Somone, and then to the Gambia for a week. If I get back to Senegal I'll likely go there.