by Phil Paoletta | Dec 12, 2021 | Senegal, The Gambia, Tips
There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and in this case, there is more than one way to enter Casamance from Gambia. Most people take the Trans-Gambian highway, which starts up in Kaolack, Senegal. This highway, also known as the N4, crosses the Gambia in the...
by Phil Paoletta | Mar 23, 2021 | Casamance, Senegal
We’ve already written about arriving in Casamance via “the back way.” If you happen to use that border crossing, the first substantial village you will come across is Abené. We have been visiting Abené since early 2017, and it’s one of our...
by Phil Paoletta | Mar 15, 2021 | Senegal
I woke up in Ziguinchor yesterday morning and whilst I was enjoying breakfast at Le Perroquet, a friend asked me if I’d like to see a West African Manatee in the wild. I’d heard a bit about them and I knew that they were somehow related to the Dugong. Other than...
by Phil Paoletta | Mar 14, 2021 | Senegal
Just a short drive from Ziguinchor, the capital of the Casamance, you will find a collection of villages that make up the Oussouye department. We regularly visit this area on our 8-day Senegal trips and on our longer trips to Guinea-Bissau. This tiny commune,...
by Phil Paoletta | Mar 13, 2021 | Senegal
Le Perroquet in Ziguinchor would have to be up there with one of the best budget hotels in West Africa. Contact: +221 33 991 23 29 and hotel.le.perroquet@gmail.com. They are also on the web at http://hotel-le-perroquet.com. It’s centrally located in Ziguinchor and is...
by Phil Paoletta | Jan 20, 2021 | Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone
I just recently watched The Endless Summer for the first time. Any images from that immediate postcolonial period in West Africa are to be treasured, and this film offers a unique angle with a sport that many West Africans on the coast were likely seeing for the first...
