Seaview Gardens Hotel Kololi

... Region unt**schiedlich. Hi** in Gambia - wie im Grossteil Westafrikas - ist das ziemlich klar aufgeteilt: Regenzeit von April bis Septemb**, Trockenzeit von Oktob** bis Ma**z. And**e Teile des Kontinents haben ab** mehr**e Wechsel pro Jahr. Die Waehrung hi** ist d** nicht g**ade bekannte und vom finanziellen Standpunkt aus gesehen auch nicht sehr starke Dalasi. Im Umlauf sind Muenzen im W**t von D1 und Noten im W**t von D5, D10, D25, D50 und D100 ...

... Rache, aber sonst herrschte eine merktwuerdige Stille am Tisch... Soviel also fuer den Moment. Wie ich gerade lesen konnte, spielen die Bayern in den letzten Tagen wieder wie eh und je und mein Ghana-Aufenthalt ist nach einigen kleineren Missverstaendinssen wieder gesichert. Bilder gehen hier zwar, aber das Hochladen dauert pro JPG-Datei zehn bis dreissig Minuten. Deshalb habe ich mich aufs Aendern des Profil- und des Willkommensbilds beschraenkt. Viele Gruesse an alle daheim, Brisko

... er der Chef dieses Kommittees wurde und der Grossteil der Arbeit getan war. Jetzt ist er wieder in Banjul und geht am High Court seiner Arbeit als ganz normaler Anwalt nach, wobei sein Schwerpunkt bei Eigentumsrecht liegt. Jedoch uebernimmt er auch andere Faelle - alles ausser Kriminalrecht (das liegt im Arbeitsbereich des Supreme Courts). Wie man sieht also ein Mann, der rumgekommen ist. Dementsprechend auch sein Bekanntheitsgrad im Lande: Letzte Woche traf ich ...

... Highlight dieses Abschnitts war ein extrem lautes quietschendes G**aeusch: Vorne hatte sich etwas langes rostiges vom Bus geloest, was sich beim naeh**en Hinsehen als die Stossstange h**ausstellte. Den Busfahr** kuemm**te das kaum - auf das Dach gelupft, festgebunden, f**tig. Die Grenze selb** war ein recht unscheinbar** Ort voll** Typen, die dir ein Geld wechseln wollten, und den beiden Grenzhaeus**n. Das V**lassen Senegals und das Betreten Gambias stellte sich als kein Problem h ...

... they seemed very used to foreign volunteers who were eager to help, but maybe not too committed in the long run. For our own part, Jennie and I realized that even if we had some experience with similar activities in the past, organizing them in a developing country is entirely different. The CPA office didn't have internet or a copier, for example. Contacting the students is near-impossible. Students, especially girls don't have the kind of free afternoons that we do. And if you're ...

... the road, talking to the villagers Harvesting Typical village view A typical street scene in the town of Ziguinchor More seems to happen on the river Boat construction Day 04 Start: Ziguinchor End: Sinbandi (10 Km from Tanaff) Km: 108 On the road by 10am, a late start. Wind picked up somewhat. Stopped in a roadside eatery and when I walked in, I was faced with a policeman, who beckoned me to sit next to him. I started ...

... but something about this place -maybe it is the heat, the slow moving river, or simply the need to greet so many acquaintances in this small country - does not let this overwhelm you with stress or urgency. Your walk home will likely be even slower than your walk there, each block you pass will have another person you know calling to you, inviting you to come hang out and chat. Once you finally make it home you'll change out of your uniform. If you are a boy you might ...

It has been a long week, to say the least. It started on a high note, with a Gambian national football game on Sunday, and my birthday on Monday. During those two days, the g**ms that have now infested the house must have just been silently creeping their way in. It has been typical for one or two people to be sick, but this week, eleven of the thirteen of us w**e at some point curled up und**neath our mosquito netting, moaning, hacking, sniffling, and/or fev**ish. Apparently it's ...

... much more like a place you spend a lazy afternoon than a tourist beach, and I loved it. From here we went to Senegambia, which is very clearly a tourist spot. It has a nicely paved road, sidewalks, and neon lights that distinguish it from the places we've been used to the past week. The street is full of bars and restaurants, and though it's not the tourist season yet, we saw 10 times as many tubabs here in one night than we did all the rest of our time in Serekunda/Kanifing area. While ...

... really important in living an enriched life. We fill our lives with so much clutter and unneccessary luxuries. We're too busy focusing on getting the next mobile phone upgrade or designer handbag, but whatever we get it's never enough because we're always wanting more. My trip to The Gambia, where 1 teabag (of real tea leaves, not Tetley) is used for a whole day for a whole group of people and filtered down and filtered down until every last spec of tea flavouring has ...