If you haven’t been to Senegal, stop reading this post immediately, and book your flights (direct on South African Airways from New York [JFK] and Washington DC [IAD], approximately $1,250 USD roundtrip). Seriously, go and book this trip.Now.
We wake up every morning to venders screaming outside the windows. On this particular day it was “poisson, poisson, and poisson!”
It was a Satruday morning and although we certainly can’t afford the 400 dollars a night it takes to stay at the Radisson Blu in Dakar (they have the largest pool in the city overlooking the Atlantic Ocean), we did the next best thing. We arrived with suntan lotion and bathing suits in hand, walked into the hotel with confidence, took a few chairs with towels in a private bungalow, and pretended to be guests. It worked, and we spent the entire morning reading magazines under the sun, swimming laps in the pool, and enjoying the amazing sounds of the ocean. The hotel had no idea, but they got their revenge when we found out that each beer (local) costs a hefty eight dollars a bottle. Every night at the Radisson guests also can enjoy live swing music along the water, who knew the lives of the rich and powerful can be so much fun!
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