Lompoul/Thies/Saint-Louis – Fund for Education Abroad

Last weekend, I went on my final group excursion with CIEE. We visited the Lompoul desert, stopped in Thies for food, and stayed in Saint-Louis for a day. It was a great last trip because we got to see a little bit more of Senegal. There are a little over two weeks left in the program and this trip was a great way to venture farther out and see other parts of Senegal that we may not have visited earlier.

To make it easier to understand where I was, I will break the post into three parts.

Thies

We did not stay in Thies for very long. We ate and then had some time to walk around. From what I saw of Thies, I liked it a lot more than Dakar.

*Leaving Dakar. This was close to Sacre-Coeur 3 which is the neighborhood that I live in.*

Yassa poisson. Yassa is a white onion sauce and can be served with either fish or chicken. In this case, I had it with fish. — *Yassa* poisson. Yassa is a white onion sauce and can be served with either fish or chicken. In this case, I had it with fish. We ate this at a restaurant in Thies.

thies1 — *A street in Thies. I found Thies more beautiful than Dakar. There were lots of trees, shrubbery, and flowers. Thies was calmer than Dakar but without feeling like there was nothing to do.*

thies2 — *The street opposite of the restaurant where we ate.*

Lompoul

Visiting the desert was pretty interesting. There wasn’t much to do but walk around or ride the camels. I opted to walk around and helped people take some pretty interesting photos. Other than that, it was quiet and a nice break from the noise of Dakar. It was cool to be able to walk around without any shoes.

lompoul2 — *Camels! I did not ride a camel but I did walk around a lot. There were three camels but I only managed to snap two of them.*

lompoul3

Saint-Louis

Saint-Louis was quite pretty. We went on a guided tour to learn more about the city’s history and to just see more of the place. Both videos are from the guided bus tour. The first is a view from the big bridge in Saint-Louis. The second video shows the city and some of the streets.

Saint-Louis 2 from Su on Vimeo.

Saint-Louis from Su on Vimeo.

Until next time,