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== Confirmed stops ==
== Confirmed stops ==


=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gor%C3%A9e Île de Gorée] (Jan 3 until ?) ===
=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gor%C3%A9e Île de Gorée] (Jan 3-7) ===


This tiny island has a lot of elements from Shela village (Lamu island, Kenya, Hacker Beach Episode 2). It's located just in front of Dakar city, to the East. There's a ferry (going every hour until late night), which will take you to Gorée within 20-30 minutes, for 5200 CFA (less than 2 EUR). The terminal is located next to the train station, and every taxi driver should know it.
This tiny island has a lot of elements from Shela village (Lamu island, Kenya, Hacker Beach Episode 2). It's located just in front of Dakar city, to the East. There's a ferry (going every hour until late night), which will take you to Gorée within 20-30 minutes, for 5200 CFA. The terminal is located next to the train station, and every taxi driver should know it.


* [https://www.visiting-africa.com/africa/senegal/ile-de-goree-ferry-schedule Ferry schedule] (just show up whenever, they're on African time anyway)
* [https://www.visiting-africa.com/africa/senegal/ile-de-goree-ferry-schedule Ferry schedule] (just show up whenever, they're on African time anyway)




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=== [https://wikitravel.org/en/Popenguine Popenguine] (Jan 7-11) ===
From Wikitravel: "This small village on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean is located just 70km south of Dakar on the Petit Cote. Popenguine is a member of the Global Ecovillage Network of Senegal (GENSEN). It is known for its natural reserve, pristine sandy beach, and religious significance."
==== Tips ====
* There's no ATM in Popenguine (next one is in Saly) and nobody accepts credit cards. So you should get cash before going there!
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=== La Somone (Jan 11-18) ===
La Somone is a small town North of Saly/Mbour. It is situated right next to a river delta on the Southern end of the nature reserve of Popenguine. It offers a veriety of shops and restaurants, and plenty of accommodation options.
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=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nianing Nianing] (Jan 18-22) ===
Nianing is a fishing village South of Mbour. We found a great place on the Beach called Bentenier, where literally everything is an object of art. (Remember Shela Fort? That!). A single room is 15K CFA/night. The entire beach in front of the village center is almost like an industrial fish processing facility, so if you want to find a place to hang out by the ocean, go a bit North or South of it.
=== Ndangane / [https://wikitravel.org/en/Mar_Lodj Mar Lodj] (Jan 22-24) ===
"Siné-Saloum Delta's Ndangane is a minor traveller centre along the coast from where you can take a pirogue to almost any point in the delta. There isn't much to the town itself, but it makes an easy-going base for delta adventures."
* https://www.lonelyplanet.com/senegal/ndangane-mar-lodj
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=== Banjul (The Gambia, Jan 24-31) ===
Welcome to crazytown.


== Prospective stops ==
== Prospective stops ==


* Around [https://wikitravel.org/en/Mbour M'bour], Senegal. Tons of long stretches of beach. Some small towns, some big towns. Good cell coverage.
* Around [https://wikitravel.org/en/Mbour M'bour], Senegal. Tons of long stretches of beach. Some small towns, some big towns. Good cell coverage.
* 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 Fadiouth. 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


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== Projects ==
== Projects ==


* [https://remotestorage.io remoteStorage] (JS libs, unhosted web apps)
* [https://remotestorage.io remoteStorage] - JS libs, unhosted web apps
* [https://kosmos.org/ Kosmos] (make IRC/XMPP great again)
* [https://kosmos.org/ Kosmos] - make IRC/XMPP great again
* [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)
* Fediverse - Turning the whole Web into a federated social network ([https://joinmastodon.org/ Mastodon], [https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ ActivityPub], [https://indieweb.org/ IndieWeb], [https://withknown.com/ Known])


== Travel information ==
== Travel information ==
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This one should come as no surprise, but as part of the francophone world, the use of English language is rather limited in Sénégal. Learn at least some basic phrases in French (please, thank you, hello, goodbye, etc.), and use them liberally. [https://www.duolingo.com/ Duolingo] has beginner lessons for lots of languages and is completely free to use.
This one should come as no surprise, but as part of the francophone world, the use of English language is rather limited in Sénégal. Learn at least some basic phrases in French (please, thank you, hello, goodbye, etc.), and use them liberally. [https://www.duolingo.com/ Duolingo] has beginner lessons for lots of languages and is completely free to use.
Even better than French however is learning some phrases in the actual local language: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language Wolof]. There are some minorities speaking yet other languages, like e.g. Serer, but Wolof seems to be the the local lingua franca of Senegal.
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