karimik
American expat in Senegal
Forum posts
9
About me
American
Lives in dakar, senegal
Registration: 15 October 2008
Language learning tips
Post your best tips of how to comprehend the language and culture of the place you live in. Please? mine: hire a language tutor get lost in the city alone Read More
Reverse Culture Shock by Guesposter58
Hmm. All last week I was back in the UK (mixing some work, with a short break). The last time I was back there was in November last year, and also the previous August. One thing I noticed this time though was I seemed to be suffering more from ...
sure, it's real. the sad thing sometimes is that humans are only too adaptable and soon we fall back into taking things for granted and forgetting about our other lives:) Read More
How to make friends in Senegal by expat.com
We have been talking about [url=/forum/viewtopic.php?id=891]loneliness when you are abroad[/url], let's now talk about how to make friends (locals and other expats) when you're living in Senegal :top: [b]Which are your best ...
if you want to meet local people, find and talk to same sex people anywhere, if you talk to opposite sex you may find that it seems you are inquiring about more than friendship if you want to meet other expats, google. Dakar has a huge expat ... Read More
Do and don't in Senegal
DO jump right in learning the language and especially the greetings. DO learn how to bargain fairly, cheating neither you nor the vendor. DO travel outside of Dakar any chance you have. the countryside of Senegal is beautiful DONT take taxis by ... Read More