OUR ADVENTURES ,
Days 1 - 3
Featuring: Traveling Through Morocco to Senegal, Irma's Poem, Getting Connected to the Internet, plus various journals.
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CASABLANCA - Sometimes we wonder, "How did we get so lucky." On our way to Senegal, we had a twelve hour layover in Casablanca. We arrived at dawn, but nontheless we were given a beautiful hotel room to rest in and that included a delicious free lunch. After a nap, some of us did a little shopping at the Casbah, some roamed the surprisingly modern streets full of pedestrians from every background and way of dress, some of us walked down to the Hassan II Mosque, the largest religious monument in the world after Mecca. Click HERE to see a photo gallery of our visit to this incredible edifice. For more info, see...
Hassan II Mosque Wikipedia intro article
Hassan II Mosque, more facts from "Great Buildings" on About.com
Hassan II Mosque, full detailed background and history |
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Click here for some fun details about our 36 hour trip to Senegal...
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12-28-05 - Getting Connected
It’s our first day here in Dakar and we know our first priority is to get connected to the Internet so we can send our news back to the folks at home. Right after breakfast, Massamba sent his friend, Boubacar, to drive Bob, Jean, and I down to Sonatel, the biggest Internet company in Senegal. You can read the whole story about the magical ride in Debby's journal below.
When we got to Sonatel, it took three hours to sign up for the Internet because we had to find someone who could speak English, understand what we needed, and set up the account and our PC’s and Macs. We tested everything there and it worked! Yippee! We patted each other on the back and thought we were all set. It’s only a dial-up connection, there’s no DSL or cable in Toubab Diallaw where we’ll be staying, so news could be a little slow in coming, but it works!
Update, 12-29-05
We have about 345 pictures to send you and several journals, but we tried all day to find the owner here at Sobobade so we could access her office. That is where we have to go to connect to our dial-up service. She was “unavailable” today. Then we found an Internet café in Toubab Diallow. They were only able to connect one of us at a time with dial-up, so I only got to put 2 files on.
Update, 12-30-05
I’m on!! It’s 12:07 pm, but I’m on. I’ll get a couple more changes on tonight. I’m planning to work all day tomorrow catching up on processing pics and making sense of all the marvelous files and pictures we have. Tomorrow night, I should be able to upload lots of goodies |
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| Word of the day: Casbah - the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East which is often where the markets are situated. |
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Wolof word of the day: Bigna - happy
Example: How do you feel today? Bigna! (It helps to throw your arms up in the air when you say it) then..."Ag man tum" which means, "I am, too!" |
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Arabic word of the day: Imam - a man who leads the prayers in a mosque. |
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Debby's Journal - exciting ride through Dakar and getting connected to the Internet |
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Uncle Massamba |
Public buses |
Burchie and Siomara make new friends at the beach |
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Lenny's Journal - traveling through Morocco to Dakar, hotel and beach in Dakar, Massamba's house, Sobobade, dance and drum classes, meeting kora player, beach and new friends . |
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