Updated
June 12, 2005
The African world that surrounds you, is a rich stimulus to the senses, so as well as actual tours, expect to see the unusual just about anywhere
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story book
Red
Trees
Flowers
Birds
Scenery
Bands
Buildings
Games
Female
Circumcision
2005 update
A woman's Day
Salikene visit
Termite city
Food is prepared
and cooked outside
Enormous leaves, amazing flowers, brightly marked and strange shaped birds, fishes of all shapes, sizes and colours, as well as the orange and green landscape all around, form the natural world of The Gambia.
The human environment is equally stimulating, the different traditional clothing, (The Gambia is host to a wide variety of peoples) the music and dance, the shops and market outlets, the houses, the boats and just the day to day way of life is so different.
The greatest effect this has, is on your first drive from the airport to the Atlantic coast resorts. The journey at present takes you through the suburbs of SereKunda and there is no getting away from the fact that this is a third world country. The state of the roads ravaged by the summer rains, the type of buildings and fencing. BUT the spontaneous show of smiles and waves is as warming as the sun itself, you truly feel WELCOME. (Now most tour coaches go on the new road missing this out)
These pages celebrate the differences and combine together a group of experiences that grow with every visit.
Cameras are not universally
welcome. Ask before you snap or film and many people will ask for a few
Dalasi to use them as models. If you don't want to pay, don't offend by
still taking the picture. It will lead to unpleasant and vocal scenes
and you will not be considered the innocent party.
Palm
Wine Collecting 
Worro game
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