Hire a moped and other The Gambia Transportation Tips

Baobabs

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Motorcycle
Getting TO/AROUND: If you stay in one of the hotels at the coast like we did during our first visit to the Gambia, it's nice to hire a moped for short distances.

We did hire a moped and visited quite easily other places along the coast, Serrekunda and even Banjul. We took the scenic old coastal road with wonderful baobab trees.
When I see baobabs, it gives me always the real feeling to be back in Africa.

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Transportation: Serrekunda, horse cart

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on Feb 9, 2005

Serrekunda

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Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: Like everywhere in West Africa we saw also in the Gambia a lot of horse carts, like this one in the centre of Serrekunda along one of the mainroads.

In the Gambia the most horse or donkey carts were used for transporting goods. In other parts of West Africa we saw that these carts were used as taxis or for transporting the whole family.

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Transportation: Ker Serigne, preparing and repairing the cars

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on Feb 10, 2005

Ker Serigne, local workshop

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Before we could leave for our transsahara trip, the two 4WDs had to have a check up.

In Ker Serigne was a local workshop. Every time we thought the cars were fixed, it turned out there was a new technical problem.

Finally we had a delay of almost four days before we could start our overland trip.

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Transportation: Looking for tyres of the right size

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on Feb 10, 2005

Serrekunda, tyres for sale

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: For the Toyota Landcruiser we needed new tyres of the right size. We were advised to look for these tyres in a shop in Serrekunda.

At the main road in Serrekunda we found this shop with lots of second hand tyres in all types and sizes you can imagine.

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Transportation: Flat tyre

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on Feb 10, 2005

flat tyre

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Finally after 5 days we started our trip. First we had to drive to the east to visit the Niokolo Koba Park in Senegal and to continue our journey to Mali. We were very excited.

Within ten minutes after our departure we had the first problem with our car ......a flat tyre.

It was the one we bought in Serrekunda the day before.

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Transportation: Finally en route

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on Feb 10, 2005

en route to the east

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Finally we solved all problems with the car and could head east. The Mitsubishi Pajero in front of us would be the image of the next weeks on our way to Senegal, Mali, Mauritania and back to the north to Morocco and Europe.

Anyway we thought all problems were solved.......

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Transportation: We lost our shock absorber

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on Feb 10, 2005

The Gambia, main road to the east

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: After the flat tyre at the first day we lost also the shock absorber of our Toyota. It was the one, which was repaired in the local workshop in Ker Serigne the week before.

What we didn't know yet this first day, that this was only the start of a lot of technical and mechanical problems with the cars during our transsahara trip.

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Transportation: Soma, looking for a workshop to repair our tyre

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on Feb 10, 2005

Soma

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Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: After our first night in Soma, the first thing to do the next morning was to find a workshop to repair our flat tyre.

In the Gambia and most West African countries that will be never a problem, because every town or village has many workshops. So we find quite easy a workshop, recognisable by the many tyres along the road.

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Transportation: The reason of the flat tyre

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Soma, the repairing of the tyre

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: During the reparation of our tyre in Soma we found out, what the reason was of our flat tyre within ten minutes after our departure from the Atlantic coast.

First we saw that the tube was full of repairs. Second the tube had not the right size for the tyre.

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Transportation: Road made of shells

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on Feb 10, 2005

shells