Settling In...
The whirl-wind started the moment I stepped off of the plane. And it hasn't stopped since!
But I am slowly but surely getting settled in here in Dakar. My living situation is quite ideal, with a pretty shiny, new apartment which is a block from the ocean and a picturesque view. (with glimpses of the ocean!) The city is an interesting blur of modernity and tradition. People are just as likely to wear traditional clothing as they are the latest fashions. They weave linguistic masterpieces, using threads of various languages...French, Wolof, Arabic, Pulaar, Sereer, English...and who knows what else! The incantations wafting from the mosque compete with the trance-inducing beats of the mbalax music pouring from the radios in the street.