Our first guest from the US is arriving this Friday on the 4:15am Delta flight out of JFK. For those who are planning to come, and for those who want to live vicariously, here are the arrival instructions.
The airport is a bit of an experience. First, the plane will land but it will take anywhere from 15-20 minutes for them to get organized to let you out. Here are the steps.you will take:
1. Walk down plane steps with carry-on, board bus to terminal.
2. Walk through customs line with passport and white tourist card that you filled out on the plane. The form will ask for your address in Dakar. You can put Residence Privee, 7222 Mermoz-Dakar.
3. After you walk through customs you will enter the baggage area. There will be a belt for the luggage and lots of porters wanting to help you with luggage carts. If you can manage all of your luggage by yourself, just say "Non merci."
4. Once you have your luggage, you get in another line to put it through an x-ray machine. Don't ask why, just do it.
5. Collect your luggage on the other side of the x-ray machine, and then walk through a door that will lead you into a large empty room. Walk through with your luggage and you will eventually come to another door that will spit you outside into a cordoned off parking lot. Hopefully this is the point at which you will see our smiling faces waiting for you. We will try to get as close as we can to the door, but we might not be able to talk our way into the building.
6. If by any chance we aren't waiting by the door, as you walk outside turn right and walk along the sidewalk toward the taxi stands. There will be people who want to 1) exchange money for you 2) help with your bags 3) be your driver into town. Just ignore everyone and park yourself somewhere until we find you.
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