Bungalow Beach Hotel Serekunda

... 5 p.m. It felt great to be home... even Justin said that it felt like he was going home! The only real word that I can find to describe the trip is "adventure". We had so many set-backs along the way, but it was one of the best trips of my life and I wouldn't give it up for anything. Would I do it again? Probably not. BUT, I'm still really proud to be able to say that I traveled through the entire Gambia ...

... next 7days. Hope all is well, With LOVE! The next seven days: Jori and i will be leaving from Serekunda early AM tomorrow(tuesday 18th), Were traveling by bush taxi east to Georgetown (JangJang-bureh). Were trying to get there around 5pm. People have said some funny stories and variations in times in getting out there(between 6-10hours. Were staying at a great place, called Baobolong Camp(Momodou Salish, 9865199), suppose to beautifully set aside from the town on the river ...

... at the compound and getting a tour of it. Pictures are going to be the best way to describe it. Im so happy to be here, getting to know the area and seeing this totally new world. Ill find more time to catch you guys up on the compound, the surrounding area, the people from jori's program, jori herself(she's looking better than ever and looks like she is having the time of her life) and various other funs things im ...

... presents and waved farewell to everyone, including the young boy who by this time had regained his composure. I looked at the bike and realised my front type was flat.. the family sat me to one side and the man of the house repaired it. Within minutes I was back on the road. On the outskirts of Basang I was stopped by Police, Customs and Immigration. We discussed my route ahead and they supplied me with invaluable ...

... grew up under. "nothing is permanent," he says. And it is true, eventually all political systems change drastically, even our own. Jaiteh also seems to derive hope from education. Jammeh has supported the building and expansion of primary, secondary, and higher education during his time in power. Though his systems focus far too much on "Structures [as in buildings], and not the students they produce," this is an advancement. Jaiteh thinks Jammeh has allowed for these advancements ...

... for boys, long skirts for girls. You probably won't have books to carry - most reading material is shared - which will make the hot walk to school a little nicer. Your parents will have chosen to send you to either a public or private school, but in general more schools have been built in the past few years, so hopefully your walk won't be more than 20 or 30 minutes. You must keep in mind, though, that the walk is always made longer by how many times you see friends and ...

... up until 3pm when Bryan finally received his final shot, 12 hours late. We assume, kind of out of necessity, that this won't have too much of an effect on his recovery. Shane had to leave already, Bryan's phone had died by this time so he couldn't call for a ride, the chloraquine was kicking in and making him a little loopy, and Bryan was generally desperate to leave. But, because this is West Africa, there had to be another complication: the health insurance had not contacted the ...

... He traveled through villages in the provinces, painstakingly interviewing and searching. His path intersected with Suso when he was trying to interview Suso's father, to record some of his stories and songs. But just before they were supposed to meet, Suso's father suffered a stroke and died, with much of his knowledge dying forever with him. You could see the pain on both the mens' faces as Sidibeh said this, and their desperate awareness of time passing by a tradition and identity that ...

... have the best room in the entire village of Kotu for monkey-watching, but the neighbouring room next door to mine was where Chris Packham was staying! After the bird excursions had finished, the group (and Chris) had the rest of the holiday to relax and fill our days with whatever we wanted to do. Chris has been to the Gambia about 10 times since 1987 so he knows the country and the people well. To my surprise, he happily took me under his wing and looked after me for the ...

Thank you to all of you that have messaged me to say Merry Christmas. It's not easy here to feel festive when the outside temperature is 30 degrees and everyone is wearing vest tops and flip-flops. But it's made much easier through the accumulation of accessories and I have discovered that there is little that cannot be accomplished in the Gambia with blonde hair and sheer-bloodymindedness. Even stretching to locating a 7ft Xmas tree and fairylights. And whilst living alone has ...