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Circling the Baobabs: February 2006
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006. I don’t know what it is that makes us want to climb to high places, maybe it’s the way we seem to want to locate ourselves within a locale, to find out where we fit in the geography of a place. So it came to be that I was drawn to the top of one of Dakar's downtown hotels on a regular day on my way to my new. But I managed to find ways to avoid going usually by finding a vendor closer by or asking someone else to pick me up something. Now with my thrice-weekly trek. And finall...
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Circling the Baobabs: March 2006
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Thursday, March 30, 2006. Day 3: Riding in Mercedes. Cars on the Nouadibou street. N a fait le tour. And we fell into her arms after a scary overnight taxi ride. But this time, this first time, we only let go of our histories, how we’ve come to be, where we go or not go from here. Nouakshott garage before we left. I’ll leave the rest for another day. Tsilat riding the chariot. Posted by Michelle @ 4:30 PM. Tuesday, March 28, 2006. A word about our peace corps friends. I go to your mall! Me, Zach, and Dan.
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Circling the Baobabs: May 2006
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006. One day last month having lunch Chez Astou in the Medina. Posted by Michelle @ 9:48 AM. Tuesday, May 09, 2006. Trying to get the taxi started, but at least we're in Senegal again. We were two girls from Senegal making the trek alone, making it after a sejour. And where we go from here sitting in a car full of strangers who don't speak English and the strange feeling you get when just release something so private and hope that your assumption that no one speaks English is true.
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Circling the Baobabs: January 2006
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Friday, January 27, 2006. Back and trying to make sense of it all. I got back to Dakar late Tuesday night after spending a difficult seven hours in the Casablanca airport thinking about changes and feeling pain, feeling alone, chewing my nails while slowly getting a headache from sipping Moroccan beer and taking in too much second-hand cigarette smoke. But there are things to look forward to and I think that's why I do it - keep coming and going. I'm already feeling the trill of new beginnings, makin...
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Circling the Baobabs: November 2005
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005. Safe and sound in Dakar - Alhamdullah. I am good. Alhamdullah."-"How's the family? No, alhamdullah." So as I touched ground in Dakar, the Senegalse guy next to me uttered "alhamdullah," and I said, "y0, that's what I'm talking about. Alhamdullah. A day in the life of this voyager - three currencies! Posted by Michelle @ 9:56 AM. Tuesday, November 08, 2005. Posted by Michelle @ 5:24 PM. My sister, Lala, and Mike, a point on my triangle. My roommate (and sister! I'm a student ...
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Circling the Baobabs: September 2005
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Thursday, September 29, 2005. Island excursion and finding out what a sea urchin looks like. There are a few islands within view of the Dakar shores-. Gorée, Ngor, and Madeleine. Saturday we visited the uninhabitated island of. But it wasn't this picturesque pool that captured my attention; I discovered sea urchins. The conversation went like this:. Friend: "Watch out there's lots of sea urchins up here.". Me, while hopping up and down: "Ohmygod! What do they look like? Is this a sea urchin? The people i...
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Circling the Baobabs: April 2006
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Thursday, April 27, 2006. Posted by Michelle @ 11:51 AM. Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Day 7: Going further. In a whisper the day before, as I was gulping down a meal of rice and carrots and specks of sand, Cheikh the patron of our auberge spoke about arranging a guide to take us into the desert with camels. I told him that's why we're here. We arranged a price using for our bargaining chip that we were nearly out of ouguiyas and with no way nearby to change money. We made our plans to leave at dawn. Nature...
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Circling the Baobabs: October 2005
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Friday, October 28, 2005. Excerpts from a journal entry. 16 Oct. 2005 dimanche (Sunday). Driving. loved the endless and always remarkable and always unique croppings of baobabs. Loved learning the vegetation which, if I'll remember, is somehow satisfying - satisfying to look out into a land and know its trees. Hmmm what do I know so far? Desert fig, umbrella tree, winter thorn, neem the fast growing shade tree (sp? See some more photos here. Posted by Michelle @ 12:11 PM. Village life (in Senegal). On my...
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Circling the Baobabs: August 2005
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Into the city alone. It was a relief to be away from a large group not just for ease of moving around but for the sweet taste of freedom. Picking up Lonely Planet and deciding to head to le Marche de Soumbedioune was the first independent decision we've made since we've been here. This is the drumming party. My roommate, Zodiac, trying on a pagne. Sarong) at the market. The Grande Mosque of Dakar in the background. A view of the point of the peninsula. Land of the car rapides.
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