Category: Senegal

by James Murren 18 April 2020 Number of comments0
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New Travel Adventure Photos, aka Gallery, Page

I set up a new gallery page on the website. Basically, it provides a window into my writings/travels/adventures, without theContinue Reading

by James Murren 21 March 2018 Number of comments0
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Surf History — West Africa

An essay (African Echo) I wrote for The Surfer’s Journal, shedding some light on the origins of surfing, is availableContinue Reading

by James Murren 16 June 2017 Number of comments0
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Go Here, Go There: Travel and Work … My New Book

I have a new book: Go Here, Go There: Travel and Work From the Introduction: Between the years 2005 andContinue Reading

by James Murren 26 May 2017 2
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West African Surf History

I am honored to have an essay published in The Surfer’s Journal.  It is, without question, and will always be,Continue Reading

by James Murren 16 May 2017 Number of comments0
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New Travel Book Coming

I’m pulling together a bunch of writings and photos, making edits, adding new stuff, etc, with the goal of havingContinue Reading

by James Murren 03 February 2017 Number of comments0
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NGor Island, Dakar, Senegal

I hopped in a taxi, asking the driver to take me to Plage de Ngor.  We pushed our way throughContinue Reading

by James Murren 08 August 2016 Number of comments0
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The Great Mosque of Touba, Senegal

Reputed to be the largest mosque in sub-Saharan Africa, and second only to one in Morocco for the entire continent,Continue Reading

by James Murren 08 August 2016 Number of comments0
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Senegalese Food = Yum!

Senegalese food is quite tasty.  Yassa, with chicken or fish or lamb (the ones I got to eat), satiates, especiallyContinue Reading

by James Murren 08 August 2016 Number of comments0
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Decaying School in Afternoon Light

by James Murren 07 August 2016 Number of comments0
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Plage Soumbedioune, Dakar, Senegal

With fumbling French attempts, fluent Spanish and English, not a lick of Wolof, and a line or two of basicContinue Reading

by James Murren 07 August 2016 Number of comments0
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Dakar Evening

walking along the corniche on the southside of dakar many runners were getting in a post work session while otherContinue Reading

by James Murren 07 August 2016 Number of comments0
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The River Gambia in Senegal

After passing through Tambacounda, where I puked while others ate lunch, and on the road to Velingara, you cross overContinue Reading

by James Murren 07 August 2016 5
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Senegal’s Madd Fruit

Madd is a wild fruit that grows in the forests of Casamance in southern Senegal.  It tastes great, once youContinue Reading

by James Murren 07 August 2016 2
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Basketball and Soccer in Velingara, Senegal

Every afternoon around 4-5 p.m. local time, youth arrived to the Velingara recreation park across the street from the HotelContinue Reading

by James Murren 07 August 2016 2
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Morning Rain at the Velingara Rec Park

We woke to rain.  I stepped out of the room and walked to the end of the hallway to watchContinue Reading

by James Murren 01 August 2016 Number of comments0
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Bird Watching in Velingara, Senegal (Travel Tip)

Reality is, sometimes you have down time when traveling, and things can get a little slow, maybe even boring onContinue Reading