I'll be back in Europe soon

You see them everywhere: those 7-places (pronounced set-plass) vehicles that serve as public transport between one town and the next. An equally common sight, especially in the city, is the ubiquitous black and yellow Dakar taxi.

My original plan for homeward travel was to take a 7-places tomorrow from Thiès to Dakar, spend the night in Dakar, and then catch a taxi to take me and my luggage to the airport on Wednesday night.

However, the lack of rain and the need to change plans for our team (read here) meant a change of plans for me too. I'll be spending one more day in Thiès, and on Wednesday I'll travel directly from here to the airport. Not wanting to entrust myself to the unpredictability of the 7-places system (the taxi ranks are chaotic and the vehicles can be old and prone to break down) I'm going to be travelling by black and yellow taxi instead - contracting with a driver who has helped us with previous airport pickups. It'll be the first time in my life that I take a two hour taxi ride!!

I'll be back in Spain on Thursday morning. Thanks for praying for safe travel, with protection on my luggage and my health. (Last year I caught pneumonia from the really cold air conditioning on the plane!)