Fond memories of past visits to Gambia After many years, I finally found the opportunity to revisit The Gambia, a country that holds many fond memories for me. I had been there several times before, mostly connected to my engagement with Gambian music culture as a music professor. This time, after ten years of absence, […]
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My name is Joyce and I’m a single traveller who visited Gambia for the first time in February 2023 and am planning my next trip for February 2024. Read why!
My First holiday to Gambia but Not my last Read More »
It was a last-minute decision of mine to go to The Gambia. It was a country I knew very little about in a part of the world which I had never visited. But when I saw The Gambia within a list of potential flight options I felt intrigued. What is the smallest country on the
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I love the old E Class Mercs and they just seem to go on forever, regardless of what may fall off or cease to function along the way. In their distinctive green and yellow livery, these timeless classics make up around sixty per cent of the tourist taxi fleet in The Gambia. E Class Mercs
My Gambia internship In 2013, when I was in my last academic year Bachelor of Midwifery in Brussels, I was selected for an internship abroad to a land of my choosing… WAUW, that was my dream! I was able to choose an African country to stay and work for 3 months, to help less fortunate
Is Gambia beautiful? A few years ago, I read a travel report about The Gambia, “the smiling coast of Africa”, in a Belgian magazine and knew that I absolutely had to visit this place. In November 2018, the time had finally come. Together with a friend, we planned a 10-day holiday in the West African
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Don’t ask me what it is about Gambia’s smiling coast? I couldn’t tell you other than it gets under your skin and once there it stays there. The people are gorgeous and for me as a photographer, present with a multitude of opportunities. I’ve been going there during the sad winters in the UK for
