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=== Cities connected by major roads ===* [[Dakar]]* [[Kaolack]]* [[Kedougou]]* [[Kolda]]* [[Mbour]]* [[Saint-Louis (Senegal)|St Louis]]* [[Thies]]* [[Tambacounda]]* [[Velingara]]* [[Ziguinchor]] === Border Crossings ===;Towards [[Mali]];Towards [[Mauritania]]The main border crossing between Senegal and Mauritania is Rosso, which is famous for its hustlers. After making it to Rosso (possibly you'll have to walk the short way from the road to Richard Toll because there's not that much at Rosso) you'll get your exit stamp, exchange money and then cross on the ferry to the Mauritanian side (free for foot passengers). If you want to hitch, ignore the numerous offers for taxis you will receive and walk out of town (around 1km) where (as of March 2011) there is a rotting donkey next to which hitching seems sensible. There is a second road further to the West going through the Diama national park. This is a dirt road with little traffic, most of which is coming from Mauritania anyway (overlanders wanting to avoid the hassle of Rosso). The Diama border is quick and painless. The dirt road might be challenging in the rainy season but [[The-nomaddicts]] had no problem hitching through it in January 2020.;Towards [[Guinea-Bissau]]If you have time and a bit of luck, hitching towards the border at Mpack from Ziguinchor is possible. Walk out of Ziguinchor towards the border and stick out your thumb to see what happens.;Towards [[Guinea]]Hitching towards Guinea is a very hard task. From Kedgougou, only 4x4s with very determined drivers are able to make it to Mali-ville (usually one every couple of days), and even though there is a new paved road being built from Upper Casamance to Koundara, it will be some time until it will be viable for most cars.As of February 2020, the road from Upper Casamance to Koundara is paved, in good shape and had a good amount of traffic on it. [[The-nomaddicts]] had no problem hitching from Tambacounda to Koundara. ;Towards [[The Gambia]]It's very easy to hitchhike towards/into The Gambia from the north due to the high traffic of Europeans going to sell their cars down there. === Personal Experiences === I'll talk about my only experience hitchhiking in Senegal (Jun 2018). I made the route from Thiès to St. Louis: 200 km in approximately 7 hours of travel. The conditions of the N2 road is good, many cars stop but most are private taxis, you have to have patience. I was waiting 3 hours at a police checkpoint until a truck took me to Louga. There are many police controls on the outskirts of the city, it is a good place to stop cars, sometimes the police ask drivers for your trip. I was 5 minutes at a police checkpoint and a driver took me to St. Louis. (Video of the trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Vv4kmAjS8) - ViajaZero.org "HJitchhiking is very easily doable" to be extremely optimistic. I spent 5 hours on the main road outside Kedougou with no luck, even though lots of private, half-empty vehicles passed me. Plus the locals had no qualms about queue-jumping, standing in front of me to flag rides for themselves. Then I faced another problem: I gave up and decided to flag down public transport, but buses and sept-place taxis fill up before leaving the towns, so if you are waiting on the edge of a city, they will always be full - TonyPro Hitched Senegal throughout Jan 2020-Feb 2020. We hitchhiked all over the country starting in Diama, going into Dakar, around The Gambia through Tambacounda, down into and around Casamance, and back east all around the Kedougou region. We had to be patient, especially when hitching in remote areas outside of Kedougou but never had to wait more than 3 hours for a ride. Learning the Wolof phrase for hitchhiking and a few others was definitely helpful! - [[The-nomaddicts]] == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{stubnomadwiki}} {{IsIn|Western Africa}}
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