Annika's Adventures

So after a very long travel day, I arrived back in the US last Sunday. I traveled with 2 other girls from Dakar - Paris and then from...

So the last few days in Dakar finally crept up. The final seminar week we didn't have too much scheduled. On Wednesday and Thursday we...

I thought I would do a page on some of the foods we eat on a daily basis here. I would say there are 3 main dishes that we eat over and...

It's crazy to think about but I just wrapped up my last full weekend in Dakar! It did not go as planned. One of the upstairs apartments...

So Friday marked the last day of my internship. Overall I really enjoyed my time. I got to tour all of the departments and learn how...

On Tuesday we visited two mosques to learn more about Islam. The first mosque we visited was called “Mosque de la divintée.” The mosque...

Phew this is honestly just a brain dump so prepare yourselves This is my last week of internship and then I have a final seminar week...

This is a video I created as a final project for my international development course. It's in French but shows some videos :)

On Sunday we were invited to Mama Suzanne's (the lady who cooks for us) for Easter lunch. There was so much food: pork, lamb, chicken,...

It was such a relaxing weekend. It is finally warming up again so on Saturday a few of us rented some lounge chairs next to a pool that...

A few weeks ago some of us went to the United States Embassy for a townhall meeting to welcome the new ambassador. It was a strange...

Last Friday we took a field trip to the Musée of Civilisations Noires in downtown Dakar. The museum wasn’t huge but contained lots of...

Saturday we went to Lake Retba, or Lac Rose. It is a pinky color due to bacteria in the water (though the pictures look more orange). We...

Mom has been visiting me for the past 2 weeks. We’ve had fun exploring together. The sister workers (our ministers) also joined her on...

Written: March 28th, 2022 The classes portion of my program is now finished and I started an internship last week. I am placed in a...

Written March 29th, 2022 Last week Dakar hosted the World Water Forum bringing together leaders from all over the world to discuss water...

We just got home from Mbour (a city about 1.5 hours south of Dakar). A group of us rented a house for the week and just relaxed in the...

Bandia Reserve I am currently enjoying spring break just south of Dakar near a town called Mbour. We are renting an Air BnB and it’s...

Last week we had a guest speaker and on Monday we visited his workshop. I did not realize how well known Kalidou Kassé is (he's friends...