Ljubljana to Dakar

I woke up at 4am, ate a breakfast and went to main bus station with taxi, 8€. There I met Boštjan and we boarded Go Opti (5am, 27€) shuttle to Venice airport Marco Polo.

On our way I dozed off, smoth ride, nice music with a bit of rain. We arrived around 7:30 am. We had flight at noon and went to city with bus, 10€ one way. From station we walked over Rialto bridge to St Marco square (windy and flooded a bit) and back.

Ljubljana to Dakar 1

Back at airport after security procedures (checked my shower gel extra) we waited a bit before boarding plane to Madrid by Iberia.

Ljubljana to Dakar 2

Almost 3 hours we spent on flight with A320, no leg space, no free service – feels like low budget flight, sun in my window, some nice views.

Ljubljana to Dakar 3

At Barajas airport it was another 3 hours waiting before we moved on. We went out to smoke in the sun. On airport are different areas where you can find smoking area and water dispensers. We were hungry so we went for McDonald’s menu with beer, 10€.

Ljubljana to Dakar 4

Another Iberia flight on A321 to Dakar took almost 5 hours (return ticket Venice-Madrid-Dakar-Madrid-Venice was 330€). We boarded among last people and sat at wings, great leg space. We got cold meal and drinks.

Ljubljana to Dakar 5

On arrival after security and migration process it was time for ATM (1€=656 XOF) 200k XOF=311€, aquiring local SIM (6k XOF=9€, they installed SIM into my phone) and finding transport to our accommodation. We paid for taxi 20k. On our way we had a detour because of accident, revserse driving on highway. Cab driver tried to get more money from us, 30k CFA for toll, but we didn’t budge. We were staying at Casa Djoko, 20k XOF=30€, bathroom in room, shared kitchen, breakfast (bread, butter and jam at 5am).

Ljubljana to Dakar 6

After cold shower I ate homemade sandwich and went to bed after midnight.

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