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The Gambia is a very small country in West Africa with a length of 320 KM and a breadth of hardly 35 KM. The Gambia is situated at the two banks of the river the Gambia and enclosed by Senegal at three sides.
The first time we visited the Gambia in 1996. We stayed in a hotel at the coast, but we also drove inland to the Wassu Stone circles, spent the night close to Georgetown and came back partly by boat. we also visited Senegal, the area around Kafountine, not far from the coast south of The Gambia.
A few years after our visit the Wassu stonecircles and the area around Georgetown were declared UNESCO World Heritage sites.
In 2004 we started our transsahara trip from the Gambia. After we had prepared everything at the coast like visa for Mauritania and the 22 years old car, we head east to Soma. Here we encountered the first problems with car. Later the day we crossed the border southeastwards into Senegal.
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Hello, Ali! Thanks for your interesting virtual tour!~ Take care!~
You have presented a fabulous depiction of the region and things to see/do. Thank you for the good work put into it.
Ali - you're truly blessed --- you also went to Gambia! Sigh, I can only dream...but maybe someday...dolphins in the Gambia River? Intersting. And the Wassu stones ---- like Stonehenge?
Hi Ali, the sign-up link is on my homepage now!
Looks a lot like some of the big cattle ranches I've been to in British Columbia, except for the climate. The famous Gang Ranch has more than 1,000,000 acres and 12,000 head.
excellent ! We are going in a weeks time, glad to hear we can hire mopeds, how much are they and where do you get them?
Great impressions, Ali! Wow, 4 days delay due to repairs - but better with a fixed car than having a breakdown in the middle of the Sahara! I enjoyed your local customs, too! Happy Easter!
Looks like an interesting and exotic country. Right out of a National Geographic Magazine.
Hi Ali, We never tire of reading your pages, in fact we've enjoyed your pages on The Gambia so much we are going there in January. One question,Where next?
brilliant pages, and I am pleased to hear you are able to hire mopeds over there
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