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Entries Tagged as 'Culture'
Touba
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Culture · Senegal · Travel
Wrestling
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Yesterday Doucoure and I headed to the stadium to watch some Senegalese Wrestling. To make a long story short: I had a great time.
Wrestling is huge here and that was definitely the wildest and craziest experience I have had since I’ve been here. Tons of people all squished together as people play drums, sing, chant, [...]
Mmm.. Lunch
June 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
So every day my lunch is made by a small, shuffling man named Opa. That’s really about all I can tell you about Opa because I don’t speak French and he doesn’t speak English. Our conversations typically follow along the lines of him saying something in French to which I respond by simply [...]
Tags: Culture · Food · Senegal
Statements that are only funny in Senegal
June 20th, 2008 · No Comments
“Just email it.”
“What time does this start?”
“I’ll just go out and buy an adapter cable.”
“You my friend - I give you good price.”
“It’s a gift.”
On another note, weekend starts in two hours. Currently downloading “Be Kind Rewind” on iTunes. At home such a download would take 20 minutes. Right now I’m [...]







