djenne, mali

i’m not a bitch, i just play one in senegal: part 2

May 25, 2011 djenne, mali

There is no nice way to put it. I am kinda a bitch in Senegal. Blame it on the fact I have become jaded by creepy Senegalese men. Or the reality that 90 percent of my daily interactions are not in my first language which forces me to be incredibly blunt (ahem, rude) so as [...]

djenne: or why all travel decisions should be based on whatever is on the cover of the guidebook

January 18, 2011 djenne, mali

After Dogon Country one of my traveling buddies, Christine, and I decided to continue our tour of Mali. I had a sneaking suspicion that this vacation was actually making me more crazy instead of the other way around and thought extending the entire thing would stave off the cray cray a little longer. What? You [...]