Mansea Beach Hotel Kololi

Da die letzten Tage nicht viel passi**t ist, ich ab** Lust habe was zu schreiben, kommt hi** noch die ein od** and**e Kleinigkeit zu Gambia... In letzt** Zeit hab ich ja oft ueb**s Wett** geschrieben. Mal Regen, mal Sonne, ab** imm** heiss. Das liegt daran, dass g**ade die Regenzeit in die Trockenzeit ueb**geht. Wint**, Somm**, H**bst und Fruehling gibts im tropischen Afrika naemlich nicht, sond**n nur diese beiden Jahreszeiten. Die Regenzeit ist ...

... vorbeifahren wuerde, und das waere hier mitten in der Einoede zwischen Brikama sowieso schon rappelvoll gewesen. Also die Schuhe fest zugeschnuehrt und sich zu Fuss auf die Socken zum Compound gemacht. In den folgenden anderthalb Stunden sollte ich fast ununterbrochen in der prallen Hitze ohne Muetze sieben Kilometer bis zu meinem Anschlusstaxi nach Manjai zuruecklegen, gefuehlte sechzehn Liter Fluessigkeit verlieren und mich darueber wundern, ob man hier wirklich vier Stunde ...

... Schuhe und die Tempo-Klo-Kombination. Der Einsatz chemischer Kampfstoffe wird aber schon vorbereitet, auch wenn ich dabei bestimmt die Biowaffenkonvention, den Atomwaffensperrvertrag oder sonstwas missachte. Mir bums, die Viecher muessen RAUS!! Abgesehen davon laeuft seit drei Tagen mein kleines Anwalts-Praktikum beim Herrn Bola Carrol in Banjul. Seit Dienstag sieht mein Tag in etwa so aus: 7.30 Uhr aufstehen, 8.00 Uhr an die Hauptstrasse und ein Minibus ...

... ist, brauchte ich ab** Kohle, bevor ich mich auf Hotelsuche begeben konnte. Als ich einen Polizisten nach einem Geldautomaten fragte, ho**ten natu**lich zehn and**e mit und waren mir sofort "behilflich". Wa**e d** Automat nicht von einem weit**en Sich**heitsmann bewacht worden, haette ich die Typen wohl nie auf Abstand halten koennen. So konnte ich ab** in all** Ruhe 50.000 CFA abheben (jedoch wied** nur mit d** Maestro - Airport-Automaten scheinen meine VISA nicht zu moegen) und ...

... these students were doing. It was an inspiring moment, just the kind that I really needed after weeks of work and uncertainty. Taken as a whole the process of organizing the workshop was a complicated one, it taught me intricacies of NGOs and cultural interaction and was often quite frustrating and even discouraging. But After that discussion and as the day wrapped up, I decided to take my happy ending. Maybe it was the overly simplistic conclusion, but I liked to think that over the ...

... from here to Barra is perfect ally smooth, curtsey of the Taiwanese government. The highway is impressive, wide, fast, well made and remarkably free of traffic. Cows outnumber cars. On the road with the wind behind me and a wide open road should have been bliss, but 9 punctures later my will to continue vanished. I worked out how to modify the valve to work with my pump, so I didn't need to borrow one from the locals. As the ...

... volunteering at the Child Protection Agency, helping at local schools -- and I'm starting to feel so much more that I'm actually inside The Gambia, that I have a place and a purpose here. And, after a slightly hectic but completely rewarding process of buying a bike in the Serekunda Market I can ride down the streets in style...assuming I don't hit a bump, sand patch, or really muddy area and wipe out. We also had a very interesting lecturer ...

... experience is something you're quite accustomed to, sorry for the rambling, but I am young and much is new to me, so let me have my passion and enthusiasm ?. Moving on from that rant to something a bit more lighthearted... Omar's Kitchen. It would be impossible not to love this place, or Omar himself for that matter. The "restaurant" is made up completely of 2 plastic tables on the dirt by the side of the road where guests sit while Omar, and only Omar, runs back and forth cooking in the ...

... work off-screen just because he can and likes to make other people happy and is one of the most compassionate and kind people I've ever met. I think it's safe to say I've developed a bit of a crush on him! The Gambia is a poor country and I felt very humbled for although poverty is rife, living conditions are poor and medical resources are scare, the Gambian people are the most hopeful, helpful, happy, optimistic, positive, friendly, genuine and kind people I ...

... with Dembos aunts. We were sitting in one of the rooms of the house (cement box, 2 beds with mozzie nets; curtains instead of doors, cement walls between rooms but donnt reach the ceiling) when an older woman came in and exclaimed; "Oh! Dembo! Shoom-moh-leh?" This was his sister and they hadnt seen each other for 45 years so it was a bit of a reunion! So, ready for the first group to arrive. All will go well; inshallah!