The Gambia General Tips by sachara

Compound near Nema

Favorite Thing: 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

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General Tips: Cows along the road

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on Feb 10, 2005

cows along the road

Favorite Thing: 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.

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General Tips: Mosques along the road

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on Feb 10, 2005

African mosque

Favorite Thing: In the Gambia there are three kinds of religions. You will find muslims, animists and christians in this country.

In many towns we saw mosques. I liked the local architecture of these African mosques.

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General Tips: Gambian streetlife

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on Feb 10, 2005

Soma streetlife

Favorite Thing: 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.

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General Tips: Vultures and fruits in the tree

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tree in Soma

Favorite Thing: In Soma, when we were waiting for the repair of our tyre, we had a good view at a tree with peculiar fruits at the other side of the road.

In the same tree we saw two vultures, waiting, but waiting for what ? it was not really a place to find dead animals.

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General Tips: Car wrecks in the street

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on Feb 10, 2005

once a car

Favorite Thing: At so many places in the country I saw old car wrecks in the streets. Sometimes these car wrecks looked rather surrealist, almost like modern art.

It looks like nobody cares about it. And I suppose, there doesn't exist an environmental police either.

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General Tips: Doors made of oil drums

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on Feb 10, 2005

door made of oil drums

Favorite Thing: In African countries I always like to see the creativity of the people by using second hand materials for almost everything, they construct.

In Gambia I saw a lot of doors made of oil drums. This door in Soma looks really nice.

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General Tips: Traditional villages

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on Feb 10, 2005

traditional village

Favorite Thing: 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.

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General Tips: Vultures

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on Feb 10, 2005

vulture

Favorite Thing: 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.

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General Tips: Are we travelling in tropical Africa?

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on Feb 10, 2005

near the Gambia River