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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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/waawno: nahi/dedetthank you: abaraka/jere jefgoodday: fo waati koteng/ cijammagoodmorning: hera laata/ jamanga fanaangood afternoon: hera tiinyanta/ jamma a endu good evening: suuto ye diya/ nyu fanaalal jamawhat is your name: i too ndi/ na nga tudda
We found that the Gambian people like photographs and like to show you pictures of their friend and families.We tipped our guide with a disposable camera and he was delighted. When we saw him the next day he'd already taken all the pictures!
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