Golden Beach Hotel Kololi

... ich nicht mehr erwischen werde, wie den High Court, Bolas Buero oder Abuko Nature Reserve. Scheisse. Ich denke mal, dass ich mir diesen Virus oder was auch immer es war in Marokko geholt hab, da ich meine SD-Karte dort mal in nem Internetcafe in Marrakesch reingestoepselt hatte. VIELEN DANK! Abgesehen davon kann ich mich aber nicht beklagen (was mich aber auch nicht besonders troestet). War heute nochmal am Meer und hab die Seebrise ...

... nicht Ueberhand nimmt. Das Ganze hat auch einen Namen, nur weiss irgendwie keiner, wie man den schreibt, und anhoeren tut sich das von Person zu Person auch immer anders. Irgendwas mit "Shesasat" oder so. Jedenfalls musste ich mich morgens sputen, um es vor 9 bis ins Reserve zu schaffen, da danach keine Minibusse und keine Taxis mehr fahren. Das habe ich dann auch geschafft und habe so fuer einen Euro Eintritt und 2,50 Euro fuer den Fuehrer drei Stunden inmitten von ruhiger ...

... netten Leute gibt! In den letzten zwei Wochen habe ich genug wirklich nette Menschen kennengelernt, mit denen man ewig ueber alles moegliche quatschen kann. Die Geier sind hauptsaechlich diejenigen, die nahe an den Hotels wohnen oder einfach glauben, sie koennten auf super einfachem Wege ihr damit Geld "verdienen", Touristen zu belaestigen. Das effektivste Gegenmittel: Ignorieren. Soviel also fuer den Moment. Updates zu meinen Taetigkeiten gibts die naechsten Tage! Brisko

... und chilligen Strandpromenade Casablancas, bevor wir Yassine vom Bahnhof abholen mussten. Er war beim Auswa**tsspiel Rajas, was ab** nicht allzu dolle v**lief (0:1 v**loren, damit selbst nach vi** Saisonspielen imm** noch sieglos). Trotzdem freute ** sich riesig uns zu sehen und so v**brachten wir den letzten Abend bei ihm. Waehrend Lilly Kopfweh hatte und sich gleich ins Bett legte, gingen Yassine und ich nen Happen essen und v**suchten spaet** noch Bild** auf seinem Laptop ...

... and dishes. All the cooking is done using a large gas bottle stove on the ground. Meals are usually charged by the number of eggs used and a charge levied on extras, such as potato and mayo. A fast and uncharacteristically efficient operation! The best thing about these places is the conversation. People are a bit shy to talk to you, but once you strike up a conversation they are very friendly and curious about what you are ...

My new place of work has a wonderful tradition. A mid-morning alfresco communal tea-break. At 10:30 each day, a playground-bell rings out around the office. Everybody downs tools and gathers outside under the shade of the large mango tree where the table has been set like the mad hatters tea party. For fifteen minutes everybody from the director down to the farm labourers, come together for a cuppa and a natter, to exchange greetings and ...

... line of accepting cultural relativity and not being offended is hard to toe. Like many things, I've told myself it's just something I'll have to get used to, and I shouldn't let it have too much of an effect on doing what I feel is important h**e, or my opinion of The Gambia. At the same time when, for example, a student in one of my classes - probably one of the most educated of the Gambian youth - asks why male circumcision is easily accepted, but female circumcision, an ...

... international development NGO that will allow me to work on projects running across The Gambia and parts of Senegal and therefore will be here for another year. I have doubts and concerns about taking it up, same as I would do for any big decision, not least because it means I'll be away from home for that much longer and will no longer have the support network of VSO behind me. But it will be challenge and I always like them. So fingers crossed...

... strict confidentiality .One would wonder why I start giving medicine to the public and all of a sudden stop. I have been having a lot of queries about that even after we went to the RVTH on Saturday. People were saying, "Well, the President. This is what he does. He will introduce very effective medicines and all of a sudden it will die down and we will not have access to him." I had to work on instructions. I don't have the mandate to do it publicly in great numbers ...

... countries); his name is Dembo and he is Mandinka tribe; the main tribe in The Gambia. Wolof are majority in Senegal so I need to learn the reetings for both ... and lets not talk about my nonexistant french! This reccie has been early mornings galore, trying to stay awake and cram as much info into my head as possible. Some hotels are fab, others will require a bit of selling on my part to the group (location versus no ...