Ask the pilot: Of airports, hedgehogs and poverty. Meditations from an African slum

Back in May 2007, I served up a scathing critique of West Africa's busiest airport, Léopold Sédar Senghor International, in Dakar, Senegal. Between the grime and the mosquitoes and the unrelenting onslaught of touts and hustlers, I declared it nothing less than the world's worst airport.

I have since been back to Senegal. Conditions are slightly better, thanks to a new, air-conditioned… » Full Story on Salon.com