Kedougou – The Most Beautiful Place in Senegal

For our 4^th of July celebration, all the PCVs met in Kedougou, the most SE point, yet the most beautiful spot in all of Senegal. I spent a couple days exploring the area and visiting some PCVs before our outrageously American holiday.

To summarize, I…Biked about 100km, climbed 2 mountains, forged 2 rivers with my bike, saw 1 waterfall, ate avocadoes, learned a little Pulaar language, ran 4km, drank an uncountable amount of beer, and ate an uncountable amount pork. All in just a few days.

Overall, the trip was wonderful, intense, exhausting, yet spiritually refreshing and fulfilling. Now I’m back at site, with every single day of this month planned out with lots of work activities.

As always, pics to come soon. Bonne fete de l’Independence des Etats-Unis!

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Byron Yee

Peace Corps Volunteer - Senegal, 2009