and the innevitable cell phone tower. Even in the tiniest, electricity free, remote village, from the dunes of Mauritainia to the jungles of Guinea, everyone has cellphones (and good reception too)
Island Life in the Casamance, crocodile life in the Gambia July 20th 2010 Left Cap Skiring, a fishing village turned tourist headquarters (thanks to the Club Med built there), walked barefoot for 10km along the completely deserted beach stopping to swim and snack on wild fruits, came to the end of the peninsula and got slightly lost after heading into the bushes to find the village that I knew was nearby. Thankfully, one cannot get very lost on a peninsula and reaching ... read more
Africa » Gambia » Upper River » Basse Santa Su 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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