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<title><![CDATA[46 Sénégal Dakar - Boulevard Pinet-Laprade ...]]></title>
<link>http://fortier.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/46-senegal-dakar-boulevard-pinet-laprade/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>polymatheux</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fortier.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/46-senegal-dakar-boulevard-pinet-laprade/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Afrique Occidentale - Sénégal / Dakar / Boulevard Pinet-Laprade / La Poste C&#8217;est dans cette ru]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Afrique Occidentale - Sénégal / Dakar / Boulevard Pinet-Laprade / La Poste</p>
<p><a href="http://fortier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/f46b.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-35" title="F46b" src="http://fortier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/f46b.jpg?w=300" alt="pinet-laprade rue dakar senegal" width="300" height="192" /></a></p>
<p>C&#8217;est dans cette rue de Dakar que Fortier avait établi son commerce.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[2179 Dakar - Cap Manuel]]></title>
<link>http://fortier.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/2179-dakar-cap-manuel/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>polymatheux</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fortier.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/2179-dakar-cap-manuel/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Afrique Occidentale – Dakar &#8211; Cap Manuel &#8211; Falaise Cette carte à le même numéro que cell]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Afrique Occidentale – Dakar &#8211; Cap Manuel &#8211; Falaise</p>
<p><a href="http://fortier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/f2179c-sea.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-32" title="F2179c-sea" src="http://fortier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/f2179c-sea.jpg?w=300" alt="cap manuel falaise" width="300" height="195" /></a></p>
<p>Cette carte à le même numéro que celle d&#8217;une rue à Dakar.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[2179 Sénégal Dakar]]></title>
<link>http://fortier.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/2179-senegal-dakar/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>polymatheux</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fortier.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/2179-senegal-dakar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Afrique Occidentale &#8211; Sénégal &#8211; Dakar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Afrique Occidentale &#8211; Sénégal &#8211; Dakar</p>
<p><a href="http://fortier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/f2179c-street.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-20" title="F2179c-street" src="http://fortier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/f2179c-street.jpg?w=300" alt="street scene" width="300" height="189" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[L’Autoroute de l’Aéroport - 1  ]]></title>
<link>http://bramposthumus.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/l%e2%80%99autoroute-de-l%e2%80%99aeroport-1/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bramposthumus</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bramposthumus.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/l%e2%80%99autoroute-de-l%e2%80%99aeroport-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Watch. Watch again. Don’t move, you can’t go now. See? Another one whizzes by. Watch. And wait. Now!]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Watch.</p>
<p>Watch again.</p>
<p>Don’t move, you can’t go now. See? Another one whizzes by.</p>
<p>Watch.</p>
<p>And wait.</p>
<p>Now! Nope – too late, here’s anther one coming. Fast.</p>
<p>Can’t win here, can you….?</p>
<p>Ah but now – there’s a small gap. Run!</p>
<p>Yes – you’ve made it…but you’re only half way. Get safe first – between the two walls smack in the middle.</p>
<p>Careful, as you climb the second wall for your next attempt. They’re rushing past you now, at close range. One false move and you’re done.</p>
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<p>A tale about this part of Dakar must surely begin by its most prominent feature by far: the massive motorway that swings in a majestic curve from one end of the village to the other and cuts the entire area neatly into two. L’Autoroute de l’Aéroport.</p>
<p>I was raised in a village that had been cruelly bisected by just such a motorway in the 1960s. Not so long ago I heard about plans to get rid of the four decades old four-lane eyesore that sits on a massive dyke and runs through the entire breadth of the village. These days, building a motorway right through a quiet residential area is not the best way to make friends with the locals.</p>
<p>Not so in Dakar. And that’s not because you wouldn’t find any NIMBYS here. But there wasn’t a great deal of choice in the matter for two reasons. First, there is the traffic itself. For those who remember, indeed: It Was Hell. Getting from the centre to the airport was a gruelling two-hour trip in a never-ending traffic jam. Leave town on the one road that will take you to next-door Rufisque and beyond and you’ll get an idea of how bad it was. Standing still in the burning heat, moving three meters – and standing still again as the sun beats down and fumes from cars, buses and lorries throw the equivalent of three packets of Camels in your face. They are building a new road here, too, but it’s not yet finished.</p>
<p>The second reason is even more straightforward. It’s the topography of Dakar. A city planner’s nightmare. The centre sits on a piece of rock that juts out into the sea. Few ways in – few ways out. Imagine having to crawl to your work Every Single Day to the most inaccessible part of town where they happen to have built all the offices, the port, the railway station, the government buildings, the entertainment places – everything.  You have to thank the French for that… It was OK half a century ago when Dakar was still a smallish settlement high on that rock (called Le Plateau) and places like Yoff were remote fishing villages but this place has grown so spectacularly fast that even the last generation would not recognise it.</p>
<p>Yoff, my friends, is BOOMING. It is one gigantic building site, has been for some time. All of Dakar expands in all directions – except that there is hardly anywhere it can go. The ocean surrounds the entire peninsula that is home to the rest of the city so there is a limit to where you can build. You can either go inland – or you can go skywards. They’re doing both.</p>
<p>So by the time the idea was born to replace the clogged-up streets by a network of massive multi-lane roads, they had to work with an area that was both seriously limited and seriously built up. Here in Yoff, L’Autoroute de l’Aéroport had to wrench its way through a densely populated neighbourhood. If you travel on any of the other new roads and look carefully, you will see the remains of knocked-down residences, shops. All made way for progress – or at least the current president’s idea of progress. But that’s anther story. Oh and by the way: getting from Le Plateau to the airport today is a pleasant 20-minute ride. And that’s on a bad day.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Get cheap flights to Dakar]]></title>
<link>http://africantravelguide.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/get-cheap-flights-to-dakar/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>travelhouseuk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://africantravelguide.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/get-cheap-flights-to-dakar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Capital city of Senegal. Formerly, Dakar was a fishermen village. Its inhabitants were then Lebou an]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://africantravelguide.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/senegal_wrestling.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image-673 alignleft" title="Senegal_wrestling" src="http://africantravelguide.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/senegal_wrestling.gif" alt="" width="252" height="139" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Capital city of Senegal. Formerly, Dakar was a fishermen village. Its inhabitants were then Lebou and Wolof. Dakar actually means tamarind in Wolof.Dakar is a vibrant city with active open air markets, cafe terraces, and a wide range of hotels, delicious food and a great night life.The best way to discover Dakar by taking a walk along the ocean or the busy city streets. Art lovers will find an abundance of galleries, artists studios, museums, and festivals.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The city is shopper&#8217;s paradise and exquisite crafts can be found in markets, on the streets and in stores everywhere.For the sport enthusiast, this city by the beach offers all water sports and golf, tennis, biking, and more.There are number of plces to visit , some of the following. The presidential palace. Facing the ocean, it is in the middle of a very beautiful garden. The museum is dedicated to the West African arts and traditions. The picturesque covered market of Sandaga with its neo Sudanese architecture is great. The town hall, built up in 1914, the railway station, the very animated port and also the pier for Goree Island. The Great Mosque is one of most beautiful religious buildings in Africa.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Finding cheap flights to Dakar is not that easy, you need to do researching as well as planning ahead of time.Airfares are usually the most expensive part of a vacation trip, next to it would be hotel accommodations, this is why most of those who plan to visit the Dakar would surely want to go after those cheap flights to Dakar. Nevertheless, once you arrive in the country, most of the things you will find there have adequately cheap prices, like food, transportation,souvenir items, clothing stuffs, and other accessories you may want to buy, way much cheaper compared to buying the same things from other countries.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">There are many specially trained professional Travel Agents will always help you to book a convenient flight to the Dakar and Travelhouseuk.co.uk is one of them so just call them to book flights which will best suit your budget and travel needs.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dakar 2010]]></title>
<link>http://periodismodemotor.com/2009/11/30/dakar-2010/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hugovl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://periodismodemotor.com/2009/11/30/dakar-2010/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A falta de un mes para que empiece la prueba más dura del mundo, la organización del Dakar ha difund]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>A falta de un mes para que empiece la prueba más dura del mundo, la organización del <a href="http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKes.html#" target="_blank"><strong>Dakar</strong> </a>ha difundido un video promocional con excelentes imágenes de años anteriores. ¡Mismo sitio, nueva aventura!</em></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/4zbPocFR97Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/4zbPocFR97Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Le sponsoring de boutique]]></title>
<link>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/le-sponsoring-de-boutique/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rayanekazoun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/le-sponsoring-de-boutique/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Un autre aspect important de la publicité : « Le sponsoring de boutique » C’est une pratique très co]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/vitalait-boutique.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-101 aligncenter" title="Sponsoring Vitalait" src="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/vitalait-boutique.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Un autre aspect important de la publicité : « Le sponsoring de boutique »</p>
<p>C’est une pratique très courante qui consiste à financer une partie d’une alimentation générale en échange de vendre ses produits et d’adopter les couleurs de la marque.</p>
<p>Le but étant de rester présent dans les esprits et surtout d’inciter à l’achat directement sur le lieu de vente. On peut considérer ça comme une sorte de PLV.<br />
C’est pour cela que les principales marques qui utilisent ce moyen de communiquer évoluent dans le secteur alimentaire. On retrouve beaucoup de marques nationales comme les pastilles Valda, les biscuits Bidew et ci-dessus les sachets Vitalait mais aussi de grands groupes utilisent aussi le sponsoring de boutique comme Cocas Cola et Nescafé.</p>
<p>On retrouve souvent quequ chose des  très simple comportant les codes couleurs de la marque accompagné de tous les produits de la marque et de la signature en wolof bien sûr.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[La radio, un média incontournable]]></title>
<link>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/la-radio-un-media-incontournable/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rayanekazoun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/la-radio-un-media-incontournable/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Un des médias le plus utilisé par les annonceurs sénégalais reste la radio. En effet, c’est un média]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/radio-senegal.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-90 aligncenter" title="Radio Sénégal" src="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/radio-senegal.png" alt="" width="425" height="278" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/radio-senegal.png"></a>Un des médias le plus utilisé par les annonceurs sénégalais reste la radio. En effet, c’est un média très puissant et très écouté. On peut affirmer que l’ensemble de la population est doté d’une radio, de plus il l’écoute tout au long de la journée et ce dans toutes les régions. Néanmoins, ce média reste tout a fait accessible en terme d’achat d’espace.<br />
Une des raisons qui explique la forte utilisation de la radio est la possibilité pour les marques de bénéficier d’une argumentation plus vaste. Ceci est très important afin de mieux faire comprendre le message.  Effectivement, étant donné que plus de 50% des sénégalais ne savent ni lire ni écrire il est difficile de se faire comprendre via des affiches ou insertions presse.</p>
<p>Les principales radios du pays sont Dakar Fm de la Radiotélévision du Sénégal, Sud Fm, Dunya Fm, Walf Fm, Sept Fm, Nostalgie. Contrairement à la France, cette dernière est l&#8217;une des plus écoutées par les jeunes sénégalais mais aussi par un grand nombre d&#8217;étrangers à Dakar.</p>
<p>Les publicités diffusées concernent un très grand nombre de produits de grande consommation comme les produits Colgate Palmolive, les lessives OMO et les marques locales de produits laitiers.  Un spot publicitaire à la radio est payé entre 15.000 et 20.000 Fcfa les 30 secondes ce qui fait environs 25 euros.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Parrainage d'un combat de lutte par Orange]]></title>
<link>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/76/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rayanekazoun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/76/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Une autre forme de publicité : le parrainage Comme on peut le retrouver en France, le parrainage dev]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tyson-vs-yekini.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-75 aligncenter" title="Tyson vs Yékini pour Orange" src="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tyson-vs-yekini.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="261" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Une autre forme de publicité : le parrainage</p>
<p>Comme on peut le retrouver en France, le parrainage devient de plus en plus présent au Sénégal.<br />
Ici, c’et l’opérateur Orange qui sponsorise un combat de lutte diffusé sur la chaine nationale RTS. Encore une fois, on remarque que la publicité est très simple sans texte. On retrouve juste le nom des deux lutteurs et  le logo du sponsor.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[S'appuyer sur les champions nationaux]]></title>
<link>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/publicite-gloria-avec-le-lutteur-tyson/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rayanekazoun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/publicite-gloria-avec-le-lutteur-tyson/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Les footballeurs ne sont pas les seuls à poser dans les publicités. En effet, un autre sport est ado]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/gloria-tison.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-72" title="Gloria &#38; Tison" src="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/gloria-tison.png" alt="" width="327" height="198" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Les footballeurs ne sont pas les seuls à poser dans les publicités.</p>
<p>En effet, un autre sport est adoré de la population, c’est la lutte sénégalaise. C’est une discipline très importante dans ce pays qui rassemble l’ensemble du peuple sénégalais et par la même occasion des millions de francs CFA.</p>
<p>Sur ce visuel pour le lait en poudre Gloria, c’est Tyson le plus célèbre des lutteurs qui associe son image à un produit. Contrairement à l’affiche précédente on retrouve plus de texte dans le dialecte le plus utilisé : le Wolof.</p>
<p>Même si la moitié de la population ne pourra pas comprendre l’accroche et la signature, cette publicité reste très efficace. Effectivement, le fait que la marque s’associe à cette figure national suffit à diffuser un message. Entre autre, la force, la vitalité, l’endurance mais aussi la qualité du produit.</p>
<p>Cette publicité représente bien le marché sénégalais, on retrouve une célébrité incontournable, le dialecte principal représenté et on remarque que la qualité du visuel laisse a désiré et que l’affiche est bien abimé.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ACER Sponsort!]]></title>
<link>http://afrikiallstars.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/acer-sponsort/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>UC Media Producties</dc:creator>
<guid>http://afrikiallstars.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/acer-sponsort/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Een trip naar Afrika, klunen door het zand. Geen makkie. Door de organisatie van Amsterdam Dakar Cha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Een trip naar Afrika, klunen door het zand. Geen makkie. Door de organisatie van Amsterdam Dakar Challenge en 3FM zijn de Afriki All Stars gevraagd om onderweg filmmateriaal te leveren. Vette verslagen van het verloop van de trip op film.</p>
<p>Dat zou erg lastig gaan worden. Gelukkig is Acer een reddende engel! Vandaag lag er een prachtpakketje in de brievenbus. Een gloedjenieuwe Acer laptop voorzien van de nieuwste snufjes. Zo kunnen we zonder probleem ons filmmateriaal monteren, het thuisfront updaten met mooie verhalen en hier en daar een mooi plaatje sturen van onderweg&#8230; nu maar hopen dat het internet daar meewerkt! Bedankt!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.acer.nl"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-298" title="Acer logo" src="http://afrikiallstars.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/acer-logo.jpg" alt="" width="510" height="164" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Honda enxuga sua equipe e Zé Hélio está fora do Dakar 2010]]></title>
<link>http://trailclubemoc.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/honda-enxuga-sua-equipe-e-ze-helio-esta-fora-do-dakar-2010/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Supertrilha.com.br</dc:creator>
<guid>http://trailclubemoc.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/honda-enxuga-sua-equipe-e-ze-helio-esta-fora-do-dakar-2010/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apesar de investir cerca de 7 mlhões este ano no esporte, a Honda está enxugando sua equipe para 201]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Apesar de investir cerca de 7 mlhões este ano no esporte, a Honda está enxugando sua equipe para 2010.</p>
<p>Apenas cinco ou seis pilotos deverão compor a equipe de Motocross e apenas um no Enduro. Pelas informações recebidas, os nomes que permanecem no time são Swian Zanoni e Jean Carlo Ramos na categoria MX2, e Wellington Garcia, Leandro Silva e o novo contratado João Marronzinho na categoria MX1.</p>
<div id="attachment_4240" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://trailclubemoc.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/hondadario.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4240" title="hondadario" src="http://trailclubemoc.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/hondadario.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dário Júlio continua na equipe oficial Honda. Sandro Hoffmann está fora.</p></div>
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<p>Na modalidade Enduro o piloto deverá ser Dário Júlio. Sandro Hoffmann, depois de anos defendendo a Equipe Oficial Honda, está fora para 2010.</p>
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<p>Os demais pilotos que antes integravam a equipe foram convidados a formar equipes satélites, onde a Honda daria um suporte. Os pilotos que estariam saindo do time seriam Marcelo Ratinho Lima, Thales Villardi, Eduardo Dudu Lima, Hector Assunção, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Gustavo Takahashi, Rodrigo Lama Andrade, César Zamboni, Everaldo Rodrigues Filho, Eduardo Rudnick e Thiago Formehl no Motocross e Sandro Hoffmann no Enduro.</p>
<p>Esta decisão do Team Honda Brasil é semelhante ao Team Honda dos Estados Unidos, que não renovou os contratos de Ivan Tedesco e Ben Townley, permanecendo com Andrew Short, David Millsaps, e Ashley Fiolek.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Zé Hélio fora do Dakar</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_3564" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 208px"><a href="http://trailclubemoc.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/ze-helio.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3564" title="ze helio" src="http://trailclubemoc.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/ze-helio.jpg?w=198" alt="" width="198" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Zé Hélio está fora do Dakar 2010</p></div>
<p>O paulista José Hélio Rodrigues, pentacampeão do Rally Internacional dos Sertões e 12º colocado no Dakar 2009, não vai participar da maior prova off-road do mundo em 2010, que mais uma vez será disputada na Argentina e no Chile.</p>
<p>Zé Hélio afirmou que não chegou a um acerto com a Honda, seu principal patrocinador, e, apesar de ter recebido propostas para defender duas equipes estrangeiras, ficará fora da competição no ano que vem.</p>
<p>Por ter ainda contrato com a Honda e estar em negociação para renovação do contrato para 2010, onde dispuaria o sertões e o campeonato Brasileiro, Zé Hélio preferiu não participar do Dakar defendendo outra equipe.</p>
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<link>http://resurseislamice.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/islamofobia-din-occident-dezbatuta-intr-un-summit-la-dakar/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://resurseislamice.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/islamofobia-din-occident-dezbatuta-intr-un-summit-la-dakar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Organizatia Conferintei Islamice, al carei summit va incepe joi la Dakar, va dezbate &#8220;islamofo]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[a little Love &amp; Happiness for your holiday]]></title>
<link>http://darkjive.com/2009/11/25/a-little-love-happiness-for-your-holiday/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://darkjive.com/2009/11/25/a-little-love-happiness-for-your-holiday/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wishing you candied yams, green bean casserole, pie and a touch of &#8220;Love and Happiness&#8221; ]]></description>
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<p>Wishing you candied yams, green bean casserole, pie and a touch of &#8220;Love and Happiness&#8221; from local group Gregory James Edition (led by keyboardist Gregory Bibb and guitarist James Norris) on Chicago&#8217;s own Dakar Records, from their album &#8220;Prophets of Soul&#8221; (1973).  Found a GJE 45 on a recent trek. Killer, off-kilter funk.</p>
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<link>http://afrikiallstars.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/polaroid-sponsort/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://afrikiallstars.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/polaroid-sponsort/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[7.000 Kilometer rijden is niet niks. De ganse dag turen naar de horizon in de tropische hitte van de]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Touch of West Africa: Dakar, Senegal]]></title>
<link>http://illumeateight.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/touch-of-west-africa-dakar-senegal/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>illumeateight</dc:creator>
<guid>http://illumeateight.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/touch-of-west-africa-dakar-senegal/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[December, 2008 Dakar, Senegal is an 8-hour flight from Atlanta on Delta.  It’s a world away.  I can’]]></description>
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<p>Dakar, Senegal is an 8-hour flight from Atlanta on Delta.  It’s a world away.  I can’t be sure I knew what to expect.  What I do know is that dragging heavy luggage full of promotional materials and making my way out of the airport in the gray hour before dawn was an ordeal.  I was hassled and hustled at every turn, and even securing a cart implicated that I provide a tip.  I am hard-pressed to believe that anyone was ill-intentioned.  It was just unnerving at the time to have taxi drivers touch you, speak quickly in French, and pull your sleeve in hopes of securing a customer.</p>
<p>I was concerned this was going to turn out to be like my visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where my arranged pick-up never showed and I took a taxi.  However, East Africa is an entirely different story.  Due to my unusual look, I often get mistaken for Ethiopian.  Plus, there is a large Indian diaspora in East Africa, so I am usually considered local until I talk for more than 10 minutes. Even then, neither my identity as a foreigner nor my nationality is obvious because I have a soft accent, which I attribute to considerable time spent in both in India and London.  Here, I was a little frightened.</p>
<p>Eventually, I got packed into a car sent by the conference organizers.  Despite having a pre-paid reservation, <a href="http://" target="_blank">Hôtel des Almadies</a> was overbooked and I was told to wait.  And wait I did – for almost half the day.  The receptionists were mean and indifferent.  What I and my colleague of East African origin found most shocking was that the staff would turn around and be sweet as sugar to the white patrons.  What a strange turn on racism and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcolonialism" target="_blank">postcolonialism</a>.</p>
<p>Almadies is the former Club Med and a hotel in decline.  One could see vestiges of former grandeur – a grand, spacious lobby that crossed a wide length, winding stone walkways, and an enormous breakfast and dinner veranda.  Beyond the veranda were green spaces for tennis, croquet, and walking, and a bar with outdoor seating around a pool with a fountain at its centre.  The ocean glimmered like a horizon.  And yet, the hotel resembled a ghost town.  While walking on the beach with my colleague, we saw boats and kayaks in disrepair and disuse.  We were alone.  I could see the place as it may have been before, filled with couples and children cavorting on the sands.</p>
<p>Prior to leaving Atlanta on December 1, 2008, I saw a rare astronomical configuration at its peak – the convergence of Venus, Jupiter, and a thin crescent moon.  The phenomenon, known as a <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081201-jupiter-venus.html" target="_blank">planetary conjunction</a>, persisted over the next few days.  Every time I walked out of the veranda towards the pool area at nighttime, I’d look up and see the stars growing further and further apart, the moon brightening.</p>
<p>I had the fortune to see some of the city of Dakar on my final day.  The moment we left the conference/UN/5-star area, the atmosphere changed.  The previous evening, we had met a lovely woman in the lobby, a hair stylist who worked at the hotel.  The next day, when my colleague and I were negotiating fares with cabbies to go into town, the same lady saw us and picked us up.  She took us back to her flat, introduced us to her children, and called up her own driver on a Sunday to see if he would escort us to the marketplace, <a href="http://myafrica.allafrica.com/view/activities/main/id/07PZUnIog583vx2b.html" target="_blank">Sandaga</a>, and then to <a href="http://webworld.unesco.org/goree/en/index.shtml" target="_blank">Gorée Island</a>. We were overcome by her generosity.</p>
<p>We bargained and bought at Sandaga.  I purchased a tiger eye necklace.  Everywhere we went, people were delighted that I was American in light of Obama’s recent election.  At a textile shop, one of the tailors wanted to shake my hand once I told him I had shook Obama’s hand.  It had been a while since it’s been cool to be American abroad (which in addition to not wanting to be perceived as a tourist, was a reason I’d purposely conflate my identity abroad, often presenting myself as Indian first, except at airport Immigration).  We ate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawarma" target="_blank">shawarmas</a> and conversed in French.</p>
<p><a href="http://illumeateight.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sandaga.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-49" title="sandaga" src="http://illumeateight.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sandaga.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p>After that we went to Gorée Island by ferry.  Dakar, like Tangiers, is a shipping town with containers and barges filling the coastal waters.  Coming up on the island was a creepy experience, reminding me eerily of Alcatraz in San Francisco.  However, there were no sharks.  There was actually an annual swimming competition around the island.</p>
<p>I am from the U.S. South.  I have seen the plantations in Savannah and Charleston, palatial residences with Roman pillars, antebellum houses and shades of slavery and cotton production in both my hometowns:  Jonesboro and McDonough.   I have seen old slave quarters.  I have read narratives of the depths to which we dived in pursuit of economic dominance.  It was valuable and moving to see the other side where it all started – where the British, French, and Portuguese operated the slave trade.</p>
<p>We walked around the island and saw the World War II British cannon at the top and the private girls’ boarding school.  I bought a sand painting.  Then we descended and explored the inhumane slave houses and the door that led directly out to the ships – the point of no return.  Elite West Africans were also involved in the trade.  How could one human being do this to another?  How could you do it your own?  Maybe the answer is either that or let it happen to you and your family.  In a situation like that, I’d like to think I’d fight to the last, but who knows what one would really do?  Fear perpetuates hate.  Pockets of resistance and savior stories are too few and far between.  Intervention always comes too late.  None of it is excusable.</p>
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<p>The emotional weight of all I’d seen hit on the short journey back to the mainland.  I didn’t speak for a while.  That night, at the airport, my travels of the fall finally caught up to me.  I had been going almost non-stop to Africa and Europe since that June.  I had a connection to Boston through Atlanta, but I canceled it at the airport.  I was about to collapse, my face bitten all over by mosquitoes, when I exited the terminal in Atlanta, but spent a wonderful next week at home.  Of course, my short time in Dakar was just my first experience with West Africa (besides Morocco).  Each country, like Europe, is totally different from each other.  Next I’d like to visit Mali, Ghana, Nigeria . . . .</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Arik Air Expands International Routes]]></title>
<link>http://travelwerke.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/arik-air-expands-international-routes/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nigerian airline Arik Air has announced 2 new international routes to the UK and USA. Beginning 26 N]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nigerian airline Arik Air has announced 2 new international routes to the UK and USA. Beginning 26 November 2009, the airline will begin non-stop flights from Abuja to London (Heathrow), with services between Lagos and New York commencing from 29 November 2009.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Abuja-London</span></p>
<p>Arik Air will fly a 2-class Boeing 737-800 aircraft configured with 20 Premier Class and126 Economy Class seats on the route. Flights will operate 5 times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.</p>
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<p>Flight W3 105 departs Abuja at 1030 hrs, arriving into London at 1605 hrs. The return flight, W3 106, takes off from London (Heathrow) Terminal 4 at 2150 hrs, landing back at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 0520 hrs the next morning.</p>
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<p>The flights connect a second Nigerian city to the UK, following the existing Lagos-London flights launched in December 2008. </p>
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<p>Arik Air will also launch transatlantic flights from Lagos to New York. The airline is the first Nigerian airline to connect the country with the USA in over a decade.</p>
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<p>The airline has scheduled the flights to allow for convenient connections at both ends of the route. Flight W3 107 departs Lagos at 2320 hrs and arrives in New York at 0550 hrs the next morning. The return flight, W3 108, takes off from John F. Kennedy International Airport at 2200 hrs, landing back in Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 1440 hrs.</p>
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<p>Arik Air will fly 3 times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays using a 2-class Airbus A340-500 configured with 36 Premier Class seats that convert into full-flat beds and 201 Economy Class seats. Premier Class passengers will also enjoy the use of a private bar and lounge area onboard the aircraft, with all passengers offered personal screens and audio-video on-demand inflight entertainment.</p>
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<p>From its hubs at Abuja and Lagos, Arik Air currently flies to 21 airports across Nigeria and internationally to Accra, Banjul, Cotonou, Dakar, Freetown, Johannesburg, Niamey and London with a fleet of 30 aircraft. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.arikair.com">www.arikair.com</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Prof shines light on Africa's darkest hour]]></title>
<link>http://manchestermouth.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/prof-shines-light-on-africas-darkest-hour/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Manchester Mouth</dc:creator>
<guid>http://manchestermouth.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/prof-shines-light-on-africas-darkest-hour/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A UNIVERSITY of Manchester professor has written a  book which throws new light on one of colonial A]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FOLLOW THE DAKAR RALLY]]></title>
<link>http://motolombia.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/follow-the-dakar-rally/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://motolombia.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/follow-the-dakar-rally/</guid>
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<link>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/publicite-cigarettes/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rayanekazoun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/publicite-cigarettes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Comme vous pouvez le constater, la publicité pour les cigarettes est autorisée au Sénégal. En effet,]]></description>
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<p>Comme vous pouvez le constater, la publicité pour les cigarettes est autorisée au Sénégal. En effet, aucune législation n’interdit à ces annonceurs de communiquer. On peut donc voir le cow boy Marlboro chevauchant sa monture ou encore des publicités plus en adéquation avec la cible comme pour Gauloise avec cet homme de couleur noire au premier plan.</p>
<p>Pour ces deux affiches le procédé diffère un peu de celui utilisé pour Nido. Effectivement, une ambiance a été crée afin d’associer la marque à des valeurs.</p>
<p><a href="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/pub_marlboro3.jpg"></a>Marlboro on mise tout sur le rêve américain et les racines du groupe quand Gauloise veut faire passer un vent de liberté et surtout une image tendance en montrant un bel homme à priori aisé de part ses bijoux. Sachant que les bijoux sont un signe de richesse extérieurs chez les sénégalais. De plus, ses ongles sont bleus ce qui dans un premier temps rappel les codes graphiques de la marque mais cela accentue  surtout l’effet de liberté  dans ce pays dicté par ses normes religieuses et culturelles.</p>
<p>Enfin, on remarquera qu’encore une fois le visuel prime sur les mots afin que ces affiches soient comprises par un maximum de personnes. Et bien sûr, sur chacune des affiches on aperçoit aisément le packshot pour une association direct aux différents produits</p>
<p>On peut donc en conclure qu’au Sénégal comme partout ailleurs, même quand on s’appel Marlborov ou Gauloise, on se doit d’adapter sa communication à la population.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/image-51.png"><img class="aligncenter" title="Publicité Gauloise" src="http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/image-51.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="198" /></a></p>
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<link>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/publicite-pour-le-lait-en-poudre-nido/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rayanekazoun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/publicite-pour-le-lait-en-poudre-nido/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nous commençons par une pub dans grand groupe mondial : Nestlé. On remarque tout d’abord la simplici]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Nous commençons par une pub dans grand groupe mondial : Nestlé.</p>
<p>On remarque tout d’abord la simplicité de l’annonce pour le lait en poudre Nido, en effet, on ne voit que le logo et le nom du produit afin de simplifier la lecture pour la population.</p>
<p>Effectivement, même cet annonceur important doit adapté son message afin qu’il soit compris de tous. Le choix des couleurs est aussi important, car il faut captiver le public afin qu’il voit la publicité et qu’il mémorise le nom du produit.</p>
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<link>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/presentation-du-blog/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rayanekazoun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rayanekazoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/presentation-du-blog/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bonjour à tous et à toute ! Je me présente, Rayane Kazoum, 23 ans, français né au­­ Sénégal, actuell]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Bonjour à tous et à toute !<br />
Je me présente, Rayane Kazoum, 23 ans, français né au­­ Sénégal, actuellement en 4ème année de publicité.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">A l’origine de ce blog : un travail scolaire, mais outre la note mon ambition pour ce projet était de faire quelque chose de vraiment utile pour moi et mon projet professionnel. C’est donc logiquement que mon choix s’est porté sur la publicité au Sénégal. En effet, ayant grandi dans ce pays, j’ai le souhait de monter ma propre agence de communication et pour ce il me semble primordiale de maîtriser tous les aspects de la communication dans ce pays en pleine voie de développement.</p>
<p>Il est évident que la façon de communiquer n’est pas la même au Sénégal qu’en France ;</p>
<p>La question est : pourquoi ?</p>
<p>Je me suis donc demandé ce qui différencié ces deux pays et j’ai pu relever plusieurs points : il y a bien sûr les coutumes africaine, l’éducation, la richesse du pays mais aussi et surtout le fait que c’est un pays à majorité musulmane (80%) et enfin, le taux d’alphabétisation qui n’est que de 39,3% (99% pour la France) ce qui le place au rang de 193<sup>ème</sup> nation.</p>
<p>Je me suis donc interrogé sur ce dernier point ce qui m’a conduit à la problématique suivante : comment communiquer au Sénégal sachant que plus de la moitier de la population est analphabète ?</p>
<p>A travers ce blog je vais donc chercher à répondre à cette question en étayant mes recherches d’annonce locale, de spot radio ou télé.</p>
<p>J’espère que vous prendrez autant de plaisir que moi à découvrir cette nouvelle manière de communiquer.</p>
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<link>http://periodismodemotor.com/2009/11/20/volkswagen-amarok-vehiculo-de-asistencia-para-el-dakar/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://periodismodemotor.com/2009/11/20/volkswagen-amarok-vehiculo-de-asistencia-para-el-dakar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Volkswagen será el proveedor oficial del raid más duro del mundo, el Dakar. Suministrará 35 Amorok p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em><strong>Volkswagen</strong> será el proveedor oficial del raid más duro del mundo, el <strong>Dakar</strong>. Suministrará 35 <strong>Amorok</strong> para la organización y prensa. Su venta está prevista para después de la prueba sudamericana.</em></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3142" title="volkswagen-amorok" src="http://periodismodemotor.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/volkswagen-amorok.jpg" alt="" width="510" height="340" /></p>
<p>El nuevo pick-up de <strong>Volkswagen</strong>, el <strong>Amarok</strong>, será el vehículo utilizado por la organización del <strong>Dakar</strong> para la asistencia. La marca alemana suministrará 20 unidades para este fin y 15 más para prensa y traslados. También será el medio de transporte y apoyo del equipo de <a href="http://periodismodemotor.com/2009/11/12/volkswagen-acude-al-dakar-con-cinco-touareg/" target="_blank"><strong>Volkswagen Motorsport</strong></a>.<br />
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“Estamos encantados de poder usar el <strong>Volkswagen Amarok</strong> como Vehículo de Asistencia porque el <strong>Rally Dakar</strong> exige los más altos niveles de perfección técnica, fiabilidad y resistencia, tanto de nuestros <strong>Race Touareg</strong> como de los vehículos de asistencia”, explica Kris Nissen, Director de Volkswagen Motorsport.</p>
<p>Antes de ponerlo a la venta, <strong>Volkswagen</strong> mostrará las cualidades del <strong>Amorok</strong> en los 9.000 km que componen el raid entre Argentina y Chile. Será lanzado al mercado en Sudamérica y, posteriormente, en Europa.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[15.01.2005 Gambia]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Después de tanto tiempo sin ponerme delante de un ordenador, me siento un poco rara y aún más, al te]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Después de tanto tiempo sin ponerme delante de un ordenador, me siento un poco rara y aún más, al tener que recuperar la memoria de todo aquello que me ha sucedido desde que dejé la Gomera.<br />
Después de varios incidentes y con retorno incluido a la Gomera a 90 millas de ella, la dejamos finalmente el 13 de enero. La travesía hasta Dakar duró una semanita en la cual hubo un poco de todo: mucho viento, calma absoluta, vientos variables de todo tipo (estando ya en la ruta de los  Alisios, es decir, viento constante del noreste) y tormenta de tierra -Harmattan- procedente de Mauritania. Tal vez este fuera el mayor problema, ya que duró los tres últimos días y la visibilidad que teníamos no superaba una milla, por lo que las guardias de noche fueron bastante durillas. No podíamos dormir ni siquiera los 15 minutos de rigor, ya que cuando menos te lo imaginabas, aparecía un mercante. Estábamos en una ruta bastante transitada. Además ya os podéis imaginar como quedó el pobre Talula, que incluso nos costaba bajar la mayor de la cantidad de polvo que había en sus patines.<br />
Finalmente llegamos a Dakar y fuimos a fondear a la bahía de Gorée. Aquí se encuentra un local llamado CVD, que es una especie de asociación francesa que ofrece una serie de servicios, entre ellos, duchas y una canoa que te lleva desde tú barco al pantalán y viceversa. Solo tienes que gritar y sonar una trompetilla durante media hora y mover los brazos como molinos para que vengan a buscarte, pero&#8230;.que supone media hora en Africa?  La verdad es que el lugar es bastante curioso ya que es un especie de comuna en el que incluso las duchas no están diferenciadas por sexos&#8230;.todo el mundo juntos pero no revueltos. Pero bueno, el ambiente es muy agradable y te sientes rápidamente muy cómoda en el lugar.<br />
Aquí estuvimos una semana visitando Dakar, descansando un poco, y como no, sacándole a cubazos la arena al Talula.<br />
De allí partimos hacia Gambia, no con un poco de penita y de inquietud, ya que navegar el río Gambia, sabíamos que no sería fácil y aún menos para un barco que cala 2’10m. Pero la decisión ya estaba tomada y con visado en mano, partimos un atardecer de Dakar para llegar al amanecer a la desembocadura del río y a<br />
su capital, Banjul, para realizar los trámites de entrada a este nuevo país. La llegada fue cómoda siguiendo las indicaciones de la guía y de la carta de navegación. Paramos en Banjul y después de ir de arriba a abajo y de que nos marearan por todas partes, no conseguimos acabar con toda la burocracia. Jota peleándose con el personal y yo corriendo a buscar un banco para cambiar dinero. Llego tarde pero el hombre de seguridad de la puerta me dice que “no problem” y “one moment”. Van pasando los minutos. Sale un hombre con el que había hablado el de seguridad previamente y le entrega rápidamente un fajo de dinero al de seguridad. Yo empiezo a ponerme nerviosa. Desconozco a cuanto está el cambio y lo peor, es que aparecen tres hombres con los que tengo que negociar delante del banco y también de la policia que estaba al otro lado de la calle. Le digo al de seguridad que me deje cambiar dentro del banco pero él insiste que está cerrado. Finalmente me resigno y con fajo en mano (por cada euro te dan 40 Dalassis), me voy otra vez a la autoridad portuaria en donde JA me espera con cara de pocos amigos&#8230;hemos llegado tarde y por tanto, el lunes tendremos que regresar para pagar. Salimos corriendo río arriba para ir a fondear a un arroyo del río y poder descansar y coger provisiones&#8230;y es aquí cuando empieza la aventura. El río es navegable en función de sus mareas (entrada y salida de agua del mar, por tanto, marea alta y baja). Aunque la marea estaba alta y seguíamos las indicaciones de la guía al pie de la letra y sin parar de mirar la sonda que te va indicando la profundidad que hay debajo de tú quilla, de repente estábamos a 0.0. Sin saber muy bien qué hacer y con auténtico pánico de tocar fondo, fuimos saliendo y llegamos a la entrada del arroyo. La verdad es que el paisaje era alucinante: todo manglar</p>
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<p>y nosotros en medio de un canal oyendo el ruido de las aves e introduciéndonos en una maraña de canales que cada vez se iban estrechando más y también iban perdiendo profundidad. Cuando estábamos a menos de una milla del fondeo, finalmente nos quedamos enganchados en el barro. Jota dando marcha atrás y el barco no se movía. Se nos congeló la sangre a pesar de estar empapados de calor. Al final y poco a poco, el barco fue saliendo del barro y consiguió estar otra vez a flote. Me temblaba todo el cuerpo. Llegamos al atardecer y no os podéis imaginar la alegría que teníamos de haberlo conseguido. Brindamos con un gin tonic mirando la puesta de sol y oyendo a la naturaleza en medio de los manglares. Pura magia.</p>
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Una vez solucionado todos los trámites, partimos río arriba no sin habernos enganchado otra vez en el fondo cuando volvíamos a Banjul. Buscábamos el canal de navegación y obviamente no lo encontramos hasta que un pescador nos lo indicó. Pero bueno, salimos y empezamos a remontar el río.<br />
Y desde entonces continuamos navegando por él. Hemos remontado unas 170 millas (durante las 120 primeras, el agua continuaba siendo salada), hemos visitado poblados,</p>
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<p>hemos visto hipopótamos, monos de diferentes clases, una variedad inmensa de pájaros, hemos fondeado en medio del río cada noche y cada fondeo cada vez más espectacular, hemos escalado una montaña roja para ver la puesta de sol,</p>
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<p>contemplar el río desde las alturas y conocer la sabana africana, hemos saludado a todos los pescadores que nos encontrábamos en medio del río&#8230;.y así un largo hemos. La verdad es que ahora que empezamos a descender, me empieza a coger un poco de melancolía. Estamos viviendo cada día en medio de una naturaleza salvaje y llena de encanto y cada vez me cuesta más recordar de donde vengo. No os podéis imaginar lo emocionante que es ir con la Zodiac al atardecer por canales estrechos para observar a los pájaros, a los monos y encontrarte a 300 metros con un grupo de hipopótamos&#8230;..creo que no se puede explicar. JA con su super equipo fotográfico se ha cansado de fotografiar y yo he hecho lo mismo con la cámara de vídeo. Tampoco puedo olvidar la tortura de la mosca Tse-tse, que me han dejado las piernas llenas de agujeros. Aquí uno medicándose cada día para no coger la malaria (curiosamente apenas hay mosquitos, estamos en la época seca), y al final lo que engancharé será la enfermedad del sueño.<br />
De aquí a dos semanas hacemos el gran salto: 1700 millas hasta Salvador de Bahía (Brasil). Supongo que desde allá ya os explicaré el cruce del Atlántico. Sin comentarios sobre mi barriga, ya os  lo podéis imaginar.<br />
Mil besos a todos y doy la bienvenida a “pepitaverano”, que por fin ha conseguido instalarse internet en casa para estar en contacto conmigo. Me refiero a mi madre, que con 72 años, se ha puesto delante del ordenador y ha logrado superar la barrera de la informática sólo por estar un poco más cerca de mi. Es bonito no?.<br />
Hasta pronto,<br />
Laura</p>
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