Travel diaries Archives - Mon P'tit Pote en transition

One month in Côte d’Ivoire

17 May 2016justineHopTour Africa, Travel diariesNo CommentsAbidjan, Assini, Assouindé, Côte d'Ivoire, Côte d’Ivoire, ecotourism, ecotourisme, HopTour West Africa, Quai 40

We were relating a few days ago (or maybe weeks? already??) our Week-end by the sea, West from Abidjan, where we discovered La Résidence des Etés and the NGO Jacqueville Propre. But a lot of other things happened during this...

Ivory Coast – A week-end by the sea

29 April 2016justineHopTour Africa, Travel diariesNo Commentsbeach, coconut tree, encounters, ivory coast, Jacqueville, Sassandra, sea

It's been 3 weeks since we arrived in Ivory Coast, second country of our HopTour West Africa. Ivory Coast in not an unknow country. Each one of us has a history with this coastal country, where Mahery have spend many...

Video: focus on transports… (Senegal)

27 April 2016MaheryHopTour Africa, Travel diariesNo Commentsaccident, HopTour Africa, road trip, Sénégal, transports, travel

In Senegal, we finally made a few thousands kilometers discovering part of the country and some of its actors committed to a better tourism, often fair and solidaru, always responsible. Learn more about these facilities on Hopineo.org. Today, we invite...

Discover Sobo Bade: OFU in more than one way

13 April 2016MaheryHopTour Africa, Travel diaries1 HopTour Africa, Petite Côte, Sénégal, Sobo Badè

End of March, we were leaving Sandicoly with a heavy heart, continuing our Senegalese adventures. We have heard a lot from several people about Sobo Bade, touristic and cultural facility Justine also had spoted during her researches. Despite the website…

HopTrip à Sandicoly, le paradis menaçé

28 March 2016MaheryHopTour Africa, Travel diariesNo CommentsHopTour WestAfrica, Sandicoly, Sénégal, Tourisme équitable et solidaire, troc, ZAD

Après un long voyage de plusieurs jours pour relier la Casamance au Sud du Sine Saloum en contournant la Gambie, nous arrivons au Campement de Niombato, plus connu sous le nom de « Chez Claudine ». Tourisme équitable et solidaire à Sandicoly...

De Ziguinchor à Toubacouta : le roadtrip

24 March 2016justineHopTour Africa, Travel diariesNo Comments

En voyage, parfois, on rencontre quelques absurdités. Celle à laquelle nous sommes confrontés aujourd’hui est d’ordre géographique. Nous devons nous rendre à Toubacouta pour notre prochain HopTrip, depuis Niomoune, île où nous effectuons notre HopTrip actuel proche de Ziguinchor. Trois…

03-2016: From Dakar to Niomoune…

12 March 2016MaheryHopTour Africa, Travel diariesNo Commentsboat, Casamance, dolphin, HopTourWestAfrica, Sénégal, Transport, transportation, trip, Ziguinchor

Being back in town after a month in the rural Sine Saloum wasn't easy thing. A little bit more thant 24h in the senegalese capital, even if we do like this town, are enough to convince us that we like...

02-2016: HopTrip at La Source Aux Lamantins

9 March 2016MaheryHopTour Africa, Travel diariesNo CommentsHopTour Africa, Sénégal, Sine Saloum, Swap

February 2nd, 2016. Pape Ndiaye picked us up in Dakar to take us to the heart of Sine Saloum, at La Source aux Lamantins. We didn't know yet at that time, but we finaly stayed one month to contribute as...

Sine Saloum, good bye; Casamance, hello!

3 March 2016justineHopTour Africa, Travel diariesNo CommentsCasamance, Dakar, HopTour Africa, Sénégal, Sine Saloum

Here we are, back in Dakar, at our friends' from Lygo, after a fabulous month in this beautiful area of Sine Saloum, with Anne-Catherine and the whole team of La Source aux Lamantins. Tomorrow, we are goind to Casamanse with...

One white, one black…

17 February 2016MaheryHopTour Africa, Travel diariesNo CommentsAfrique, Djilor, HopTour Africa, Reflexions, Sénégal, Sine Saloum

"One white, one black." It is what Justine and I both said this morning while taking our coffee on the bolong of the Saloum, watching, happily, the two egrets that passed by in front of us. As for letting the...