Serekunda Travel Guide

 grets Says:  We stopped to see the collection of the locally rpoduced palm wine in a small village outside Serekunda. We all had tasters from the same plastic mug - I wonder how hygenic that was? It tasted a little like like a rough brandy - not unpleasant. The palm wine is known locally... 

 grets Says:  The market in Serrekunda, like many other West African cities, is a colourful and noisy affair. Here, away from the tourist areas, the items on sale are your everyday useful things, food, kitchen utensils, clothes etc. 

 grets Says:  One of the things that struck me most about Serekunda, was the crowds that thronged through the streets. One amusing little anecdote was when we stopped for a while in the street, and while we were waiting for the driver to return from his errand, the side door of the mini... 

 grets Says:  A great mode of transport, with the straw roof keeping the sun off, the open sides allowing for better visibility and to keep cool breezes coming in. It was remarkably comfortable, albeait a little difficult to get into. 

 grets Says:  Woman will walk for miles to fect water at a well, carrying the bucket elegantly on their head as they walk, without spilling a drop. 

 grets Says:  Out in the coutryside, the villages are small and poor, with no running water or electricity. Despite this obvious hardship, the people are always very friendly and welcoming, especially the children. 

 grets Says:  Most of the people in this area are subsidence farmer, tending to their small vegetable plots, such as this one here where aubergine is growing. 

 grets Says:  With help from various charities and the government, some of the villages do have much more modern facilities for collecting water. This well, which was right in the middle of the main road through the village, takes away a lot of the backbraking work of hauling water with a... 

 grets Says:  First we stopped to look at a very traditional well, where the women haul up buckets of water for drinking and irrigation of their vegetable gardens. I had a go myself at pulling up the buckets - it was very hard work, as the well is about 10m deep. 

 grets Says:  I love the brightly coloured and flamboyant outfites that the women wear in this part of the world. They look so striking and so much more confident that western women do.