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Besos From Bissau

Besos From Bissau

by Calvin Sun | Dec 20, 2022 | December 2022: Senegal, The Gambia, & Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  Bissau, the eponymous capital city of Guinea-Bissau. After a weeklong road trip across mid West Africa beginning in Dakar and as far north as the Mauritanian border at St. Louis, we rest our weary legs for 2 days here.  From our lodgings at Casa Cacheu, we...
Meet the Monsooners to Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau!

Meet the Monsooners to Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau!

by Calvin Sun | Nov 18, 2022 | Introductions

 Introducing our next group of monsooners joining me for my first West African monsoon since Mali!. . . And I’m especially grateful to those returning with me –Evan Danek, 9 time monsooner to Off The Eastern Coast Of Africa / The Indian...

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