Kairaba Beach Hotel Serekunda

... literally every village along the way) and back... all using local transport. It was not an easy task, but it was an amazing experience. WOULD I DO IT AGAIN????? honestly, in a heart beat. <3 to be able to travel and experience those hard times and amazing times with someone you love is one of the great gifts someone can ask for. I miss them already(btw, writing this in prague, alittle backed up with the posting)

... small bungalows on Tuesday night. Early Wednesday, were getting up and heading east from George town to Basse Santa Su, Crossing the boarder into Senegal, switching SIM cards, getting our french mouths out and ready, heading to Velingara(boarder city) and then connecting to Tambacounda(which is east Senegal's major city, on the train from Dakar to Mali. Were then going to be faced with a choice, either proceed into the nature reserve that afternoon/night and stay at our final ...

... you all want to hear about. For now, were getting ready for the beach...and were planning the next two weeks here. Ill be sure to post some good info once we figure out the details. Love you all... finally back in camera mode, snapping away, so you'll all get some fun photos... great, im sitting here inthe computer room and jori is talking to her flat mate about traveling south... very south.. tell you more later. Love

... about the good condition of the North Road from Georgetown to Barra. They were a very interesting, friendly, polite and professional bunch. enquiries were made about my home country, marital status (commiserations were given), job and the impressions of the country. The prevailing wings are from the North East and now was the time to be blown back to the coast. Without realising I was blown passed the turning to Georgetown ...

... to make Gambia look better, but even if he overlooks it, it is a fact that with increased literacy and education, Gambians will gain a better understanding of the world and Gambia itself, and thus almost assuredly create more political resistance. Jaiteh also described a little bit of the history of Gambian political systems. Though this structured, factual bit of the lecture that reminded me much of my typical political science lectures in the states (where there is always a textbook ...

... for the necessary greetings in this friendly culture. Every few minutes your walk is sure to be stopped by an exchange that goes something like this: ~Salaamooleikum! ~Waleikum salaam! -Nanga Def? -Mangi fi, yoonak? -Jama Rek, Jama nga Fanaan? -Jama Rek, naka suba si? -Suba sangi fi, naka sa wakeergi? -ņungi fi.... It can go on much longer, and if you were in the village it would extend for many minutes, but here in the city a little, and I mean a very little, bit of the ...

... Bryan received the most consistent, vocal attention from the hospital yet at this point, as they questioned and lectured him until they finally made some sort of arrangement and let him wander, now alone and loopy, out of the hospital. He then had to arrange three different taxi rides until he finally stumbled back into happy camp. In the end, It's kind of hard to know whether he should be more proud of surviving Malaria or the hospital. EIther way, though, it was one hell of a weekend.

... of the utmost importance to them...of something sacred and eternal that had suddenly been made palpably impermanent. And Sidibeh was telling us about this issue not so that we could fill out a definition on a test, but because he needed outside support and help with recording the knowledge of griots. I for one had learned about griots before, but always in a context that made them a term out of a textbook or at least a concept that exists only within the walls of the school. I knew very ...

... of the week and we hung out, went for breakfast together, went out for dinner, went to the beach, lazed by the pool, etc. One day he took me to a local tourist attraction, The Crocodile Pool, where over 100 crocodiles live in a small but deep algae-covered open-air pool. By midday most of the crocodiles have surfaced or even come out of the pool to bathe in the sun since they are cold-blooded reptiles. Because they are so overfed and stuffed full every morning, it is ...

... s downsides (cleaning, cooking and not getting locked out spring to mind, all of which I fail at), one big plus is that 2007 will be the year that my Christmas tree remains up all year without my housemates losing patience and sabotaging it in March. I am looking forward to Christmas this year. It's not often that you get to go to the beach for a post-festive-lunch-swim, even if said meal is likely to be a banquet of boiled potatoes and cornflakes. 20 VSO volunteers will be ...