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This restaurant is run by a charity called Gambia Tourist Support and offers a wide range of facilities for people on holiday, accomodation, trustworthy guides, trips and excellent food. The bar is in Kololi follow the road to Bijilo park. Visit their website gambiatouristsupport.com
In the Gambia they’ve got very skilled woodcarving artists, so when you need a souvenir for at home, don’t hesitate. You can find souvenir shops all around the country. But don’t pay the price they ask, you have to bargain for a reasonable price.
Whenever we visit there is always something special to remember but dancing with 100 Gambian ladies around a Baobab tree until 2.30 am at a naming ceremony is definately something I will treasure.Make friends with a Gambian family and watch and listen and feel honoured. Sitting on a deserted beach watching the children having fun in the sea.
I remember there was a state dinner thrown for the delegations participating in the meeting. It was hosted by the then President (1993), and I had a chat with one of the many plicemen scattered all over the place in his protection.The man was utterly frustrated, earning less than $50 a month and unable to support his family, while watching the piles of food offered to the guests, that he could not tasts, hardly smell from a distance, let alone eat, and had never seen any thing like it in his entire life. He prayed for the removal of the president.One week later, after I went back home, amazingly his prayers were answerd, and there was a mini revolution that removed the President and brough a more decent Government, that cared for the people.I felt special somehow, that I was there only one week before and I actually saw the president who had been removed and dined with him :-)
don't be afraid. The Gambian people are poor, but mostly very friendly and nice. Don't listen to the people who want to keep you in the hotels. Enjoy The Gambia with the Gambians. Every guide will gladly show you around to places you should see.
We did all our excursions with the Senegambia Adventure Safari Team and be sure it was a real and very good experience. We laugh a lot with these 'boys in red'.Simply the 'Best of the West'. The most we missed when we were at home is the 'Smiling' people of this country.They have no much but they are always friendly and ready for help.
You must meet Lucas Jatta, a rastafarian palm wine tapper. His open air "Nature" palm juice bar is next door to the Badala Park Hotel, Kotu, just past the bush taxi stand. Do buy some of his palm wine and fresh fruit grown there in the palm stand. He is a very warm, and loving man with a large family to support. Spending all of Christmas day 2001 in Lucas Jatta's compound in Kotu Township. Sharing his hard won food with his wonderful family. The evening was spent at a bar in the heart of Serrekunda, watching a sea of humanity pass by. We danced our way into Boxing Day at the unique Rasta Garden in Kololi. Lucas and his brother Abraham are terrific company and very trustworthy. We write and phone them regularly. Here are some words from Lucas: Welcome to my Gambia, if you are planning your first trip or have had the fortune to visit my country many times before let me show you The Gambia...
I was in AfricaI was in Africa and don’t know how to put it into words. The happiness. The life To sit in a small bar, drinking beer, listening to music, move to the rhythm. To be lazy. To Laugh. To sit in the shade of a mango-tree, drinking attaya, watching the tea to be poured from one glass to the other. People come, people go, some stay, some leave, and it is only this tree, this attaya, and nothing else is important this very moment.So much laughter, so much liveliness, so much hectic silence. How can I explain this feeling to come home and realize: this day was happiness. No exploding event. The simple joy of life, to feel alive. To feel myself.The sun, the shadow, the bitter-sweet taste of the attaya. And again the music, the laughter. The air I breathe. The big stars at night. And when it was over this eternal loss. A longing for something that can’t be put into words.When it...
enjoy the sunshine, the friendly people, make a tour on the Gambia river, do a drive on the beach and enjoy swimming in the Atlantic (be aware of the waves)and get in touch with the local people. Bumsters can be a problem but be firm and you will get them lose very quick. The nice weather and friendly people.Nieuwe pagina 2
The Gambia is situated on the West African coast midway between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator on approximately the same latitude as Barbados. One of the smallest countries in Africa The Gambia is mostly flat and shaped like a crooked finger a narrow strip of land on either side following the course of the majestic River Gambia from which it takes its name. The capital Banjul located on the peninsular on the south side of the river estuary is the administrative and commercial centre of the country but is of little interest to tourists. The majority of the tourist hotels are well spread out along the coastline of the peninsular which boasts 25 miles of uncrowded sandy beaches.
Kombo Beach Hotel Banjul
1 Review and 333 Opinions The Kombo Beach is the only hotel we have been to in The Gambia, we stayed here the first time and...
Kairaba Beach Hotel Kololi
2 Reviews and 283 Opinions well such an extraordinarily well run venue in Gambia. German influence, very efficient. What...
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