Country Info
- Banjul
- Capital
- Dalasi (GMD)
- Currency
- 1,411,205
- Population
- GM
- Country Code
Gambia Slideshow
Gambia
Travel Blogs from Gambia
Waka Waka (Time for Africa)
... work of this in Guinea Bissau – another research project I hear you say – let's get through this one first!) There is a gap and I am about to fill it! This weekend will be a celebration – Gambia Style!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Charlie -Ray ...
Arrival
So I finnaly arrived back in The G. after months of waiting I am finally here and can forget the last few months... The next 6 months are going to be tough and there will probably be lots of tears and tantrums but when am I ever going to be able to ...
Daily life in the Gambia
... both day and night and accessible from the UK via a 6 hour flight. The main reasons people say why they keep coming back to the Gambia. But then they add "of course the people are also so nice and friendly, the food is good and the place is safe and the ...
Feeling Banjulled?
... in The Gambia getting over some monumental ass-ache, and for Mrs R some preparation for her impending viva. Ahhh, The Gambia - Paved roads! Vehicles that depart shortly after arriving at the bus park! One seat is (approximately) one backside! ...
overwhelmed in africa
we had a wonderful adventure in gambia, erica was just short of three when we visited and we were lucky enough to have our own driver for the entire trip. This made it a very different experience from normal off the beaten track adventures but having a ...
Another Summer Day Has Come And Gone Away ...
... the weekend and collected the outstanding maps and I needed to pick them up yesterday. I made my way to the GTTI (Gambia Techincal Training Institute) which is a college for adult learners and ended up in a Human Development class.. I must say the ...
The Gambia
... we were pretty pissed off but had some awesome fish and chips at the crown where we ate every night! Thankfully gambia seriously redeemed itself with a gorgeous beach at bakau, botanical gardens and a crocodile pool where we touched crocodiles! ...
Gambi-yah!
Today was so much fun. Aus dragged me to the Welcome meeting, which was a long ceremony introducing the Heads of security, cleaning, the beach etc etc. everyone who works here asks to be your friend and the security guy calls us Prince and Princess. ...
Dakar (Senegal) to Banjul (Gambia)
Only a 30 minute leg to Gambia...this little country is bordered on all sides by Senegal.... We got ready in the company of some local flying an MD11 but he didnt depart by the time we got going... We cruised only low and it made for a very very bumpy ...
Christmas Day with an (African) twist
... to rank higher and higher on a tourist's wishlist, and the option of spending Christmas Day on a beach in the Gambia almost seemed like the greatest christmas present that was never intended for unwrapping. The long-established Senegambia Beach hotel, ...
the way back to the north
... all the taxi drivers of Senegal where on a 48 h strike, so i had to take many lil cars the next day and pass via Gambia. Luckily the brother accompanied me, another wise i wouldve probably gotton lost. So i got to see a bit of Gambia aswell, which was ...
DIVING INTO DAKAR
St Louis saw us off in style...stormy style...it was extremely impressive but kept us up all night until our departure to Dakar. Didn't quite get that our bus LEFT in 4 hours instead of TAKING for hours and so it made for an extra looooong slog to the ...
Heading west... "just get us back to the gambia"
... were up by 7 a.m., and out of the hotel and on our way by 8. Our goal was to make it back into The Gambia, even further than Janjangbureh (our starting point days earlier). It was an ambitious goal, but after a day like we experienced in the ...
Shoulda,Woulda,Coulda Are The Last Words Of A Fool
... is only relatively small in comparison with bigger traders and organisations. He also mentioned that domestically produced goods can enter Gambia and Senegal without paying any tax – so cross border trade of Mango’s, Baobab, Firewood etc are ...
Lunch at Tanji Beach
... a guide - the number of birds we'd seen so far was phenomenal and birds we'd only hoped to see before arriving in The Gambia were now a reality or real possibilities! I decided to set JJ a challenge and pointed to the the Paradise Flycatcher in our ...
Upriver to Tendaba
Today was a long journey up-river to Tendaba, JJ's home village. Our first stop was at the locally-managed Farasutu Reserve - a gem of a reserve providing open areas, dense woodland and a fresh-water pool. New species seen here of note was a Yellowbill - ...
You ae welcome to my city
Everybody knows us with a great name smiling coast of Africa, here you meet all kind of nice people you never expect. Come over and experience ...
Banjul, Gambia - Welcome to West Africa
... owned by the department of social security.” “Senegal is good,” explained the barman after I asked about The Gambia's neighbouring countries. “I have been there many times. But Guinea Bissau is not so good. The people there have a ...
Travel, Arrival and Settling in!
Our flight with Thomas Cook from Manchester was on time and we landed at Banjul at around 15:40. After clearing the security queue (around 20-30 minutes) we arrived at the single luggage conveyor and here the fun started! It seemed as if the ...
Weekend at the beach and more AIDS work
This past weekend a large group of volunteers from TPA (Projects Abroad) went to a beach resort near the small fishing village of Butre. We had such a good time. We played beach volleyball with some of the locals and played in the ocean with ...
What an excellent holiday!
... be bothered to have a too lengthy discussion! Both destinations about 20 mins away by car. We went to international football match Gambia v Algeria which was quite an experience, although result (1-2) was a shame. Took green taxi from Bakau for 50D, and ...
the gambia!!!
Arrivée à Sanyang après 1 mois de brousse... dans la maison de Jan et Jeannette, les hollandais rencontrés au Maroc... quel changement!! on apprecie!!! Freestyle... Vais me laisser porter par la vie... mais vais-je rentrer en Europe ou vais-je ...
petite visite...
Nous sommes tranquillement installés sur les chaises longues de la terrasse lorsqu'un singe vient nous faire une petite visite dans le jardin... il scrute, observe, s'approche puis recule, puis s'approche à nouveau... nous restons sans voix... ...