Bakadaji Hotel Serekunda

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 city. Spent the hours on the bus watching wee, small street kids coming and going and this got me thinking about all they go through in my own poetic way:<br ...

This was the hard time... Jori and i knew this was coming, we had been away from each other for two months, had this amzaing experience together and now we were heading back to our study abroad lives for three months. We tired not to talk about it alot, but it endded up in almost every conversation. We definately made the best of our time together, plenty of beach times, dinners(best indian in the gambia!), shopping for ...

... in the middle of the park or stay in Tambacounda. It depends on timing, the place were staying thursday night is called Hotel De Simeti(9823650), and if we can stay/get in safety to the park(need special vehicles because of the terrain and lions) then we'll stay wednesday aswell. If not, were staying in Tambacounda(not sure yet) wednesday and early morning heading into the park, then our hotel. The hotel is amazing, its in the middle of the largest nature reserve ...

... of dust. Makeshift repairs to the bike Getting things fixed is very easy, all town have an array of workshops Many of the small village I ventured into for water looked like this An asking for water means stopping and playing with the kids. The baloons are from Mac Donalds! Day before market day in Diaoube, traders arriving Street bussle The tin can folly! Day 07 Start: Diaoube End: Basse Santa Su (The Gambia) Km: 62 ...

Local Gambian Politics: (courtesy of Allison) Mostly just a commentary on Dr. Sam Jaiteh's visit It is hard for those of us who have spent our lives in the United States to envision, and I mean really SEE a country where fear, doubt, instability, and suppression surround politics. We are allowed to discuss most things openly and candidly, and this freedom to express ourselves - in conversations, on the streets, in the media or academia, provides a constant, easy outlet for whenever our ...

Allison Minor September 18, 2007 A day in the life of a Gambian student: Early in the morning during the month of Ramadan, you wake up in darkness, but not quiet. All around your compound you will hear the clinking of dishes as people prepare breakfast, and if you have been indulgent enough to wait until 5:30am to wake up, instead of 5, you will hear the first call to prayer of the day resounding through the house from the mosque on the corner. Though you hardly need it, this ...

... some faces. I very clearly felt the label 'Western Feminist" descend upon me and went on listening to the professor. The lecture led a very kind, intelligent Gambian student to make the statement that Gambian women today are "asking too much," and are simply serving Western values and endangering Gambian tradition and sacred religion. What do you say to this? I am trying to understand and respect Gambian culture. But I am also a pure-bred Western Liberal. I do struggle ...

... be that in the states exploitation is supposed to be much more subtle and under the surface, in addition to the fact that there is so much less need where I am from) Either way, when Bryan introduced me to a man outside of a shop who worked at our compound, and who Shane had been hanging out with a couple days ago, I was very happy to just see a friendly face. We talked to the man for a while and found out he had been married the day before. Then he offered to show us a place ...

... outweighed by the disadvantages of being in a hot and sticky tomb-like contraption. The little b*stards rubbed their hairy hands with joy when I was adopted by a cat who mistook the netting covering my windows for an adventure-climbing frame and tore great holes in it which I failed to fix. And finally, when I lost my phone and with it, the recurring reminder to take my prophylactics (despite my enjoyment of the associated hallucinogenic dreams) for three weeks running ...

... that has pepper or seafood when they take the medicine, for four hours they should not eat anything. After that they can eat anything except something that contains oil or seafood. We want to see how we can work with the RVTH to see where these people can be kept until the following morning.With regards to asthma treatment, there is no need to keep them. They can go for six months, without taking anything that is alcoholic. With regards to HIV/Aids, they should be kept ...