He said “Africa is a sh*t hole”.

After a long week of work in Senegal, I set aside some time to relax at a hostel near the coast of Dakar.

Whilst I was on my work trip I had stayed at a lovely hotel, but now that I was on leave, I looked forward to the hostel experience. Hotels are convenient and easy, but hostels give you the opportunity to meet, interact and get to know people you’ve never met from around the world. An opportunity I tend…