Heepo

Don't Go Hippo Spotting Without Your Spectacles

April 26th 2009
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 ... read more

Africa » Gambia

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

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Thanks to everyone who reads my blogs, and for the messages and support when I'm on the road. You'll find on here my entries from/on India, Bangladesh, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Japan, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, the DRC, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland. ... full info

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