As someone born and raised in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, I couldn't have come to a more different climate!
While Seattle gets up into the 70s for the summer, Senegal is the third hottest country in the world, boasting summer temps into the 120s Fahrenheit for weeks on end. The climate swings from intensely humid to desert-dry in a matter of days as the climate changes in the autumn months.
It's been fascinating learning how people deal with the heat, the soil and the weather here all year round.
The area of Africa I live in is called the Sahel region, which is bordered on top by the Saharan desert and on the bottom by Sub-Saharan Africa. Since I'm right between these two major topographies, I get to experience a bit of both! My town has both desert and forest landscapes mixed together. Every day, I will walk down sandy roads and also walk through leafy, forested areas.
The native goats, monkeys and birds are plentiful in our area and contribute to the biodiversity of the area.
