Basse Santa Su Travel Guide

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Religious buildings

Religious buildings, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  The Gambia Governenment Constitution provides the freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right.It seems people can live in harmony within their local community respecting the next without problems regarding ones religioun or belief. Generally... 

Traditional straw buildings

Traditional straw buildings, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  On the picture you can see the use people give to straw to make houses. They actually look very nice and create a interesting view.On the picture you also have the tower of a mosque. 

Catholic church

Catholic church, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  This is another religiuos building, a Catholic church.The Christian community predominantly is Roman Catholic; there also are several Protestant denominations, including Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and various small... 

Wall paintings

Wall paintings, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  You'll find many wall painting on the streets, this one on the picture has no explanation cos you already know what it is. They seem to like to paint their shops with big brands advertisments, it kind of gives pretige to the house and people seems to come more to buy things. 

Busy streets

Busy streets, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  BAsse is one of the most busy cities near to the east border with senegal. Is a comerce point and people come here to get goods that come from senegal. This is the first "big city" when coming from senegal and this is also a reason its very busy. 

Transportation  

local bus (gilleh-gilleh

local bus (gilleh-gilleh, Basse Santa Su

 jonbenton Says:  take banjul ferry to barra.best local buses fill up quickly in the morning.cost approx£10take a cushion road bumpy many stops (army police customs) 

Local Customs  

Local farms

Local farms, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  This is the view of a farm while the sun goes down.Usually people live inside hosues with all their family members. there is no such thing of wach in each house. 

Bushfires

Bushfires, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  There are some people that studied these fenomenon better than I actually did. So I took the information from a specialized agriculture site. http://www.afrol.com/Countries/Gambia/backgr_landuse.htm"...Bushfires are in general caused by human activities, and are ignited... 

Warnings Or Dangers  

Craters on the road

Craters on the road, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  This should be enough to scare you to take you car to Gambia. The low South bank is the only place in the country where you have asfalt connecting villages and town, but the condition of this asfalt made me actually change that asfalt for sand and dirt roads in the north... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Palm trees

Palm trees, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  Around the area of Basse Santa Su you have huge amounts of palm trees. Actually all over the country you'll find palm trees. They grow by the river. 

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Side road view

Side road view, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  This is how the road heading Georgetown in Janjanbureh Island looks like. The first cities geting in the country coming from Senegal are first the border one Sabi, after Basse Santa Su and next is Bansang. All this the Fuladu region. 

Houses

Houses, Basse Santa Su

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Centre town

Centre town, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  Basse Santa Su has a very well know market full of shops with artisnas which creat amazing art pieces. West African Arts, crafts and traditional textiles. This marked was housed back in 1906 has a trading post on the river next to the ferry. 

Street scene

Street scene, Basse Santa Su

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Fire by night

Fire by night, Basse Santa Su

 johnsakura Says:  Road near Bansang. Bush fires is a very commun custom in Gambia. 

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 Basse Santa Su is Gambia last or first town if you're coming from South Senegal. Its a town which is particulary animated and full of action due to its closeness to Senegal. Only 20km away from... 

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