http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Gambia en-us Sun, 08 Nov 09 18:00:44 +0000 Sun, 08 Nov 09 18:00:44 +0000 Ok so Travelblog just attempted to autosave my really long update but then the browser crashed and there was no saving. Lame. So I won't be rewritting all i just wrote.Left Dakar at 6am avoided most of the traffic jams but not all.Car broke down in Kaolak and so I got to see a bit of an untouristy Senegalize city. It was ok. Still children everywhere asking for money.Crossed the border w http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/Western-Division/Serrekunda/blog-419431.html Chill day. So many hustlers saying ldquoremember merdquo. Saw some crocs and bought some more books Also saw a pack of gay dogs fucking each other. Off to Dakar tomorrow. Also man am I bad a pingpong Oh yes at a museum I saw an exhibit that presented both sides of the story of female genital mutilation Fuck moral relativism That shit is wrong http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-410983.html Well a rather long day of travel from Cap Skiring to The Gambia. Early rise thanks to Simon 530 and on the bus at 630. I hope he didnrsquot expect any cash At the Gambian border I got pulled in to the border guards office for my ldquoaddressrdquo. It soon became clear that I wasnrsquot going to be allowed to go anytime soon. However I wasnrsquot in a rush. Neither of us were willin http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-410640.html I'm introducing our company NTWO Electronics a Dubai based company an authorise dealerdistributor of leading brands of metalgold detectors here in Middle East and parts of Africa since 2001. We are offering good prices as low as manufacturers price and there is a possibility of negotiation for discounts base on the quantity of sales order. To name a few we have Minelab GPX 4500 Lorenz Dee http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/blog-403819.html Fifty kilometres it was an inoffensive distance to travel between the villages of Bintang and Tendaba. On the map it was a mere wiggle a jubilant jump eastwards then westwards passing a handful of small villages. In my head I had us relaxing beside the Gambia River by lunchtime eating chicken and chips with our feet propped on garden chairs. We had been camping badly for two days and nig http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/blog-400031.html Remember my last entry I did the same thing with Grade 5 today. So i have 9 more letters to share with you guys. Same edits same deal as last time. Here goesTopic Explain the customs and traditions of The Gambia to someone who has never been to The Gambia.The costoms costumes in The Gambia are nice like the traditional dresses. Some of the traditional dresses are made out of different thing http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-398367.html So now we are back at school back to being a teacher again...This week was quite stressful I will give you a brief summaryMonday I go to school at 8am only to find about 50 students and 0 teachers. By 9am this number has gone up to 60 students and 2 teachers. By 11am this number remains at 60 out of 400 students and 3 out of 10 teachers. I then decide that the 60 students who have turned up s http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/blog-398050.html i've handwritten 10 pages of my 12page paper so i feel comfortable using this time to add this entry. kate's not procrastinating whati started a new project. which reminds me...how's everyone coming with those SCHOOL SUPPLIESi taught grade 6 yesterday afternoon...4 boys and one girl. i showed them my passport and taught them the starspangled banner. then we did verbal for all of 15 minute http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-396775.html Let me give you an overview of my last two weeks hereDue on May 13 A 12page ethnology project5 2page essaysDue when i get back to Maacama3page selfevaluationInternet Cafe hours106 SundayThursday104 Friday113 SaturdayMy ScheduleToday Tuesday 55School from 830630Wednesday 56School from 8307Thursday 57School from 8302 and then probably about three hours at the internetFri http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-396508.html Encircled by loud angry men who literally herd us towards the bus to Mbour while spraying us both with a fine layer of whisky tainted spittle it is at least satisfying to know that this will be the last of our Dakar experiences. When you have been hustled hassled followed by thieves and robbed even an overcrowded bus begins to look good as long as it is going somewhere anywhere away fro http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/Lower-River/blog-394690.html so i typed this whole thing yesterday and it was super long you'll see by the end. and then when i tried to publish it the internet died. and the entry didn't save. yay my life. so here we go again. Friday afternoon i went on a quest for the Omega church that christian had told me about. i got lost a few times and finally found some kids who were really excited to show me where it was. they hel http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/North-Bank/Farafenni/blog-394669.html as the rainy season approaches it is SO HOT here. i used to have to wear a fleece at night. now i sleep on top of my covers. i forgot to put this in my last entryon tuesday when mr gaye was talking about pollution he talked about the dumping ground. for those of you who aren't in the gambia i guess that's everyone the dumping ground is literally a giant field full of trash. it's the gambia's http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-393518.html so i have this new thing where i like to walk. and it's working out quite well for me. after the internet yesterday i walked to the bank. i ran into two peace corps. one was named maggie and i forget the other oops. they told me that a bunch of peace corps were coming in that day and would be around all week. we exchanged numbers. then i went to the bank and got D5000 200. on the way to my http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-392771.html i believe i left off at the philly cheese steak that's something you don't hear every day. after lunch we parted ways. i went home and then out to the tailor's. i still needed to get my charger back from el boy so i went to his compound but his mom told me he brought it to aunty isha's compound. so i went to aunty isha's compound and she told me she told him to bring it to pipeline. so no luck http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/blog-392380.html once again you guys are slacking in the comment departmentso friday afternoon i went over to njareh's. we went to her uncle's house to drop off a bowl and i played with a puppy. he was a domesticated puppy and was so cute. i spent so much attention to him that he tried to follow me out of the compound when i was done. then njareh and i walked to the beach. we were trying to find crabs but all we http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-392150.html ArrivalTo most British tourists The Gambia a former British colony which gained its independence in 1965 is an easy accessible package holiday destination a step but only a small one above the bucket and spade destinations offered by Spain Greece and Turkey. Oddly though it also has a shady reputation as a country where middleaged white women can meet young Gambian men. Rather like their http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-391076.html so on saturday night Jarry and Fatou Ngoneh were getting all dressed up. they asked me if i wanted to go to Laila's pronounced la la birthday party. laila is in grade 2. she is from sweden and turned 10 on friday. so i said sure.by the way i'm currently in senegal and the keyboard doesn't make sense. the q and a have switched the w and z have switched the m is after the l and the comma pe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-388790.html so in my last few minutes of interneting on thursday i heard screams coming from the building next door. then a guy rushes in and says Gambia got another goal it's 31 i guess they were in the finals for the african U17 which is this huge african football tournament. so i went home and watched the final moments. basically Gambia won and yesterday was declared a public holiday. why don't the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-387597.html PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT1. BUY ISHMAEL RIGHT NOW. if it's sitting on a bookshelf somewhere because you've already read it lend it to a friend. it's one of those books that the entire human race needs to read.2. the address you should send school supplies to is my address at home in the states. if you know it awesome. if you know my mother ask her. if you don't know either send me a mess http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-387062.html And here we are again. I've been here for a month. Can you believe it i couldn't. so what's happened this past week hmm...well last time i updated i was at a new internet cafe. it was all great and dandy and cheaper than the previous one. but it was WAY slow. and then one of the workers started hitting on me and asking me if he could help and i kept saying no what could he have possibly helpe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-385536.html