Paradise Suites Hotel Kololi

... Norden aus ueb** diesen Teil des Kontinents blaest und von Novemb** bis Februar fu** etwas Entlastung bei den Temp**aturen sorgt. Die Sichtweite und damit auch die Sonneneinstrahlung ist waehrend diesen Monaten stark eingeschraenkt, da die Luft voll** Sand ist und somit alles ziemlich diesig **scheint. Damit haben wir auch eines d** Hauptprobleme Tourismus in Westafrika angesprochen: Die wirklich "p**fekte" Zeit hi**h** zu kommen ist sehr knapp bemessen ...

... Geschrei von Bintas Sohn Mara unterbrochen, der mit schwarzer Pampe ueberstroehmt herumrannte und sich allem Anschein nach dem Farbtopf, mit dem Chris gestern das Tor frisch gestrichen hatte, ueber den Kopf geleert hatte. Dibas und meine Versuche, das Zeug vor dem Eintreffen der Alten mit Seife wieder wegzubekommen, scheiterten klaeglich. Waehrend Mara also wie am Spiess schreiend meinte, fuer immer mit schwarzer Farbe auf seinen Armen und seinem Bauch herumlaufen zu ...

... cooler und lustiger Typ um die 50 rum und total gebildet: Geboren in Gambia, erstes Studium im Sierra Leone, dann nach Europa und in Antwerpen Autos zum Verkauf in Westafrika besorgt, von dem Geld zwei Haeuser gebaut und sein Studium der Internationalen Beziehungen in England finanziert, ne Weile im Aussenministerium Gambias gearbeitet, was ihm aber dann zu langweilig wurde, danach nach Frankreich gegangen, Franzoesisch gelernt, Franzoesischlehrer geworden, was ...

... Afrikan**n im fruehmorgendlichen Halbdunkel traute ich mich nicht, irgendwelche Fotos zu machen, ab** es ist auch kein sehr tolles Bild: Ein riesiges Areal total zugestellt mit Kleinbussen, Taxis und and**en Schrottautos. Haetten mich nicht gleich funf Typen gefragt, wos denn hingehen soll, haette ich nie im Leben den richtigen "Steig" (haha) gefunden. Dort wartete dann ein noch le**** Minibus mit Platz fu** knapp 14 Leute, d** mich zur senegalesisch-gambianischen Grenze bei Karang ...

... nothing is moving particularly fast, on a bike it is a simple matter of weaving you way through this mayhem. Checked into the Campment and set off to explore the boat yards. Watched huge planks of hardwood being hammered into large boats, I toured the backstreets and discovered some good homemade entertainment. It was a wedding celebration and I was invaded to take a seat to watch the spectacle. Instruments consisted of a ...

... 30 to 40 other students and wait for your teacher begin to lecture. Your classes follow Western education styles, taught strictly in English, and you'll take the same core subjects -- math, history, English, science - that American students are used to, including more specialized classes as you get older, The Qu'ran will also be taught, and while most students take part in this class, it is not compulsory. You have breaks throughout the day, during this month you won't be ...

... attitude is a willingness to keep smiling through trouble because they do not think it is worth violence or struggle to resist...it probably won't change drastically for the better anyway. And that makes it very hard to really know Gambians beneath the smile and the friendly greeting recited to everyone on the street. And in my experience this is largely true. I often feel like, even if there is not the barrier of a Gambian just trying to ask me for ...

... 30 enthusiastic family members and neighbors. The patriarch of the family and a griot then led the ceremony during which we sang, dance, ate kola nuts and generally had an amazing time (they did not sacrifice a goat, thank god, or shave our heads as is customary with babies, however). I got to jump around and spin with some adorable little girls while wearing a long robe that was PERFECT for twirling, so I was happy. The Naming Ceremony took place during the morning of the last day of our ...

... hand them out to the Gambian children in the streets, who would get so excited they'd cry. We take such small things for granted here in the UK, I myself have a full pencil case of Biro's I've accuulated over time which is ridiculous quite frankly because I can only use one at a time, but for Gambian children, a pen is their gateway to an education, and a hope that they won't have to spend the rest of their lives carefully carving crafts only to sell them for a pittance to ...