Gambia

Sunshine in West Africa

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January 1st 2013
Christmas and New Year are past, so it is time for some fun and sun. We are off to West Africa, specifically the Gambia and Senegal, for a month. After a charter flight to Banjul in the Gambia, we'll be spending a week by the Atlantic before we head up river to stay in a local village, join in with some cooking and farming and do some bird watching. Then we'll head north into Senegal fo ... read more

Africa » Gambia » District of Banjul » Banjul

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The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation treaty. A military coup in 1994 overthrew the pre... ... read more