{"id":1162,"date":"2010-03-11T09:48:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T09:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2020-10-26T13:55:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T13:55:28","slug":"around-dakar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/blog\/2010\/03\/11\/around-dakar\/","title":{"rendered":"Around Dakar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A collection of random moments in Dakar. We&#8217;re about to leave for Mali, but wanted to post these to give a flavour of this football-obsessed city.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned_image alignnone\" style=\"width: 640px\"><span id=\"attachment_1165\"  class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_my_ball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1165 size-full\" title=\"My ball!\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_my_ball.jpg\" alt=\"My ball!\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_my_ball.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_my_ball-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_my_ball-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_my_ball-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_my_ball-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_my_ball-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><small class=\"wp-caption-text\">No, you don&#8217;t understand &#8212; it&#8217;s my ball!<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"captioned_image alignnone\" style=\"width: 640px\"><span id=\"attachment_1166\"  class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_table_footie_kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1166 size-full\" title=\"Children watch a game of table football\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_table_footie_kids.jpg\" alt=\"Children watch a game of table football\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_table_footie_kids.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_table_footie_kids-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_table_footie_kids-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_table_footie_kids-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_table_footie_kids-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_table_footie_kids-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><small class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children watch a game of table football<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"captioned_image alignnone\" style=\"width: 640px\"><span id=\"attachment_1164\"  class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_beach_football.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164 size-full\" title=\"Beach football is everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_beach_football.jpg\" alt=\"Beach football is everywhere\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_beach_football.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_beach_football-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_beach_football-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_beach_football-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_beach_football-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_beach_football-320x180.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><small class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach football is everywhere<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"captioned_image alignnone\" style=\"width: 640px\"><span id=\"attachment_1163\"  class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_andrew_sunset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1163 size-full\" title=\"The sun sets on The Ball's time in Senegal\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_andrew_sunset.jpg\" alt=\"The sun sets on The Ball's time in Senegal\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_andrew_sunset.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_andrew_sunset-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_andrew_sunset-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_andrew_sunset-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_andrew_sunset-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_andrew_sunset-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><small class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sun sets on The Ball&#8217;s time in Senegal<\/small><\/div>\n<p><em>Next up, The Ball heads onwards to Mali for adventures on the southern edge of the Sahara.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collection of random moments in Dakar. We&#8217;re about to leave for Mali, but wanted to post these to give a flavour of this football-obsessed city. Next up, The Ball heads onwards to Mali for adventures on the southern edge of the Sahara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,18,232],"tags":[56,57,60],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senegal-countries","category-the-ball","category-the-journey","tag-dakar","tag-senegal","tag-serendipity"],"geo":{"latitude":14.6473683999999995108964867540635168552398681640625,"longitude":-17.44628910000000132640707306563854217529296875,"description":null},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/sen_dakar_scene_beach_football.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3399,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions\/3399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}