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22 days! Six years! Senegal Fact #5

It is currently 12:30am so…. I guess we have 22 days left! In the morning Norm and I are taking off on a casual weekend getaway! It is our 6th wedding anniversary on Saturday! That day also happnens to be my Grandma Lynn’s birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMS! We love you so much!

Norm and I are headed up to Palo Alto for a 3 night getaway. We are going to go hiking through a redwood forest, go visit some techy places like Google, Facebook or wherever Norm would like to go, possibly go up to San Francisco for an afternoon and everywhere we go we will be geocaching along the way! We are so excited to get away and enjoy some time to just the two of us. I think it will be a great time to recharge before heading back to West Africa! Thank you to my mom for watching the boys while we are away! We are so excited and it is so wonderful to know our babies are in such loving hands.

I am not planning on doing any Senegal Fact posts while we are away! Sorry! Here are some fun facts to get you through until Tuesday!

Senegal Fact #5

Basic facts:

-Population 11.1 million
-Time Zone GMT/UTC
-Borders Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Mauritania; all borders open from dawn to dusk
-Capital city: Dakar 14°40′N 17°25′W
-Seasons Dry (December-March), hot (March-May), rainy season (June-November)
-Telephone Country code 221; international access code 00
-Visa Required by all except nationals of Canada, the EU, Ecowas (Economic Community of West African States), Israel, Japan, Norway, South Africa and the USA (We will need a long term visa once we arrive, but for up to 6 months no visa is required! Great for visitors!)
-Languages French, Wolof, Malinké, Pulaar, Diola
-Area 197, 000 sq km
-Money West African CFA; US$1 = CFA498
-Demonym  Senegalese
-Drives on the: right
-Largest ethnic group: Wolof, representing 41% of the population of the country

Map of the Wolof People

And if you enjoyed the history the last few days, I found this great site that has a list of key dates in Senegal’s history! I thought it looked pretty cool! Check it out here!

Happy Easter everyone! I hope that this weekend you will take the time to think about what Jesus did for each and everyone of us and I hope that you will also thank Him for that!

~Debra

On this day..

• Prayer Challenge 2008 - 2008
• Video Blogging Week 2007 - 2007