The Maritanian Shop

AKA the 'toubab' shop because you can buy luxuries such as tuna, pasta, tins of pineapple and if you're very lucky a bounty bar there.

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Some pondering thoughts on leaving Basse

July 16th 2012
As I reach my last week in Basse I’ve been thinking of all the things I’m going to miss about the place. I have to admit I’ve been hard pushed to think of that many. I won’t miss hand washing my unddies, the unpredictable electricity, sand in my bed sheets and being woken up at the crack of dawn by a chorus of donkeys, chickens, dogs barking and children squabbling all to the beat of cous ... 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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