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Infinite African Westcoastin' Travel Blog 2010
QuietTruth:
Very educational.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: QuietTruth on February 01, 2011, 07:07:22 PM ---Very educational.
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Thanks... it's actually a deep subject. There are many factors, another interesting one is this...
I know in Gambia where English is their second language, and other African countries like Ghana where English is the second language Reggae Music is huge. Sometimes the mainstream views Reggae music and Rasta culture as possibly being anti-white, but the stuff I was hearing and seeing over there was the opposite of that. To me, the Reggae music/Rasta culture that is so popular with the youths there plays an important role in spreading positive messages of togetherness and unity amongst all races and people on Earth. A popular catch phrase over there that comes from the music is "One Family". When you greet people coming or going, often you hear "One Blood, One Family", these are catch phrases that come from the influence of Reggae and Rasta music on their culture; and at the same time it was taken in naturally by their culture because they had always been open and hospitable people. Many of the slaves that ended up in Jamaica and were pioneers for Reggae music came from Senegal and Gambia and other regions of upper-West Africa.
Here are some photos from a Reggae concert I attended once reaching Gambia. It was so crowded. Africa doesn't run by time, and they don't believe in forming straight lines. So everyone heads to the concert around midnight and fights to get into the door all at the same time. My friend had to smooth over the soldiers just to get us into the parking lot, then again he was able to talk a soldier he knew into letting us into the concert and then still we had to leap down from the upper deck to the lower lawn, it was kind of dangerous but we moved on adrenaline. The performance was by Busy Signal, and he was crying because it was his first show ever in Africa, and he was overwhelmed with emotion, he even had to stop the show at one point, here are some pics...
QuietTruth:
Illi. 8)
SO PRUP:
how much did it cost for your total trip? I've always wanted to go to Africa but never really knew places to go that were safe, after reading your blog I think I might want to visit senegal.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Dikteta Dax on February 07, 2011, 08:36:48 PM ---how much did it cost for your total trip? I've always wanted to go to Africa but never really knew places to go that were safe, after reading your blog I think I might want to visit senegal.
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I spend 3,000 a month there when I go... And most my time is actually in Gambia, I love Senegal but if I would of spent most my time in Senegal it may of been roughly 5,000 in one month.
You could get by spending less and you could also easily end up spending a lot more. It just depends on a lot of factors, like what kind of people you are around and the places that you go. I did a lot of things the local way, so I was able to save a lot of money by avoiding tourist prices, yet at the same time when I did things many times I would be paying for others and not just myself.
You have to decide your goals before you go. If your goal is to be as cost-efficient as possible, then there are certainly Gambians and Senegalese generous enough that they would even let you stay with them for free and pay for a lot of things for you. Or if you want to take the opposite extreme and do everything on your own then you will end up paying the tourist price for everything, although you will save money by not having to spend on others. Then there are many ways to go in between those two extremes just find what works for you, and if you want to discuss more just hit me up.
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