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Popular General Tips | Other General Tips Tips | All Tips (48) In the Gambia they’ve got very skilled woodcarving artists, so when you need a souvenir for at home, don’t hesitate. You can find souvenir shops all around the country. But don’t pay the price they ask, you have to bargain for a reasonable price. Leave a Comment
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The value of the money is low! And you get large sums of money when you exchange. Bring youre own money for youre country to exchange it here. In whole Gambia only 3 cash machine's exist and they only work on visa card. So be sure you bring plenty of money from home, other wise you have to serach like we did for hours and hours to find a hotel that exentualy accepts master card! Leave a Comment
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From the Gambia to Senegal we crossed the border between Basse Santa Su in the south-east of the Gambia and Velingara in Senegal.
The 25 KM long road between Basse and Velingara is unpaved, dusty and bumpy. The Badiara Senegalese borderpost between those two towns in the middle of nowhere is told to be the most friendliest borderpost entering Senegal.
We arrived in Velingara in Senegal in the late afternoon without CFA, The petrol station didn't take euros and the banks were closed. So it took some time before we had CFAs , could refuel and continue our route. Leave a Comment
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If you visit a village or compound it's nice to speak or know some words in the local language (madinka or wolof)
yes: haa/waaw
no: nahi/dedet
thank you: abaraka/jere jef
goodday: fo waati koteng/ cijamma
goodmorning: hera laata/ jamanga fanaan
good afternoon: hera tiinyanta/ jamma a endu
good evening: suuto ye diya/ nyu fanaalal jama
what is your name: i too ndi/ na nga tudda Leave a Comment
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The streetlife in Africa is always very lifely, like here in Soma.
I can sit for hours soemwhere in the street and have a look what is going on in the streets. Ther are all kind of trading activities and small business, all types of transport and a lot of people. Leave a Comment
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Banjul was founded by the British in 1816 on a strategic peninsula at the mouth of the Gambia River. It is Gambia's capital and largest city. But with only about 50,000 inhabitants, it is one of the smallest capital cities in Africa. Banjul lacks many of the attractions of larger, more cosmopolitan cities, and therefore there is little of interest for the traveler. However, it is still worth visiting the capital city to experience Gambian urban life. Most travelers only go to Banjul to take the ferry across the Gambia River on their way to the river's north bank or Senegal. Leave a Comment
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You must meet Lucas Jatta, a rastafarian palm wine tapper. His open air "Nature" palm juice bar is next door to the Badala Park Hotel, Kotu, just past the bush taxi stand. Do buy some of his palm wine and fresh fruit grown there in the palm stand. He is a very warm, and loving man with a large family to support.
Spending all of Christmas day 2001 in Lucas Jatta's compound in Kotu Township. Sharing his hard won food with his wonderful family. The evening was spent at a bar in the heart of Serrekunda, watching a sea of humanity pass by. We danced our way into Boxing Day at the unique Rasta Garden in Kololi. Lucas and his brother Abraham are terrific company and very trustworthy. We write and phone them regularly. Here are some words from Lucas:
Welcome to my Gambia, if you are planning your first trip or have had the fortune to visit my country many times before let me show you The Gambia as we, the people live it. My name is Lucas Jatta, I am a palm tapper, as was my father who hailed from Guinea Bissau, before me. I am of the Jola tribe, I am a Christian and follow the ways of the Rastafari which gives me a different perspective on a country which is mostly Moslem. I should like to invite you to see The Gambia from that different perspective and as I spend so much of my life atop the palm trees I see much that goes on. Do come and visit me soon and we shall all have a happy time. Leave a Comment
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Everywhere in the Gambia we saw many traditional villages. The round huts are made of the local natural materials. So they have mud walls and thatched roofs.
Villages like this are allready constructed for many centuries in the same way and perfectly fit in their natural surroundings. Leave a Comment
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In Gambia we saw several times prey birds and vultures along the way to the east. Often the vultures were sitting in the tops of trees, waiting for their meal.
Suddenly we saw also this one, only a few meters from the mainroad, eating a cow or donkey. We couldn't see it properly. Leave a Comment
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In the rural areas of the country, but even in or near the towns we saw always a lot of cows along the road.
In thse areas I liked this type of cows with their nice horns. After some time you learn how the cows act, when you encounter them en route, especially when they cross the road or not. Leave a Comment
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