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We met a lot of very friendly people in Senegal. In looking for a place to stay which of course ended up happening after dark, we met some locals including a girl who was extrememly helpful. She invited us back to her place which we did a few days later for lunch, and had an amazing time, albeit with a bit of a language barrier. Us not speaking Wolof or French and her family not speaking English. It was a wonderfully relaxing and enjoyable day spent at their place. Nothing fancy just good company, interesting and friendly. And this doesnt even take into account the amazing food. Incredible!
From Dakar we spent a very enjoyable evening with a british couple Alan + Gillian who we met in Nuts n chocs and again crossing the border in Senegal. They made us more than welcome at their place and we had a fantastic afternoon and evening swimming at the beach and relaxing on their rooftop terrace with a coupla cold beers.
Crossing out of senegal into mali turned out to be a little interesting. We first of all had to back track to find the border post, which turned out to be about 50 km down the road. This meant camping in senegal overnight after having been stamped out of the country.... The following morning we crossed the river since the bridge under construction is not due to be finished until august this year. This made for some interesting photos and again we met a bunch of very helpful and friendly guys. We even met the Japanses construction manager who brought down his translator who himself was a fantastic guy and made things pretty easy for us. From there we were on a minor road for the next few hundred kms. When i say minor i mean barely possible to get a 4 wheel vehicle through in places, since the locals get around on old chinese motorbikes. Great fun riding and we passed through many small villages. The interesting thing about these villagers was how friendly they all were. Especially the children. There were times where we were surrounded weith singing kids and it hit me how joyful they all were. Joy in a way that i have not seen in a very long time and i have almost never seen in the western world. A very warming experience and one i wont forget anytime soon.
From here in Bamako we will hopefully collect our passports tomorrow with our benin visa and got the nigerian visa ysterday. From here the plan is to go North East and likely find a big animal to hopefully spit roast over a fire for xmas, maybe that will just become a dream tho!
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