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* Nianing: village south of M'bour, 21km north of Joal Fadioath. Small town, plenty of beach, some restaurants. | * Nianing: village south of M'bour, 21km north of Joal Fadioath. Small town, plenty of beach, some restaurants. | ||
* [https://wikitravel.org/en/Banjul Banjul], The Gambia. An island in The Gambia, just south of Senegal. Island has about 40k people | * [https://wikitravel.org/en/Banjul Banjul], The Gambia. An island in The Gambia, just south of Senegal. Island has about 40k people | ||
== Stops == | == Stops == | ||
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* [http://lightning.network/ Lightning Network] (Scalable, instant bitcoin/blockchain transactions) | * [http://lightning.network/ Lightning Network] (Scalable, instant bitcoin/blockchain transactions) | ||
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] (Contributing OSM data wherever we go) | * [https://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] (Contributing OSM data wherever we go) | ||
== Travel information == | |||
=== Mobile networks === | |||
There are 3 booths at the DSS arrivals hall, which sell SIM cards and data packages: Orange, Tigo, and ''(plz fill in, I forgot)''. When we arrived the Orange booth had a crazy queue in front of it, and Tigo was empty, which probably speaks to the value (and that you can get LTE on the former). | |||
You will need to show a passport for registration. | |||
==== 4G/LTE ==== | |||
* Orange seems to be the best provider | |||
* a SIM card is called 'puce' | |||
* you need a package called 'Pass Internet' and have the option to choose between volume and time based plans | |||
* They double your first top-up | |||
* [https://www.orange.sn/2/particuliers/1/3/la-4g-dorange-45761.html Orange packages] | |||
==== 3G ==== | |||
* Tigo sells SIM cards for 1000 CFA (~1.50 EUR) and a 3GB data package for 5000 CFA (~7.60 EUR). Coverage has been OK so far. | |||