News from Footsteps in Gambia

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Boats in Gambia

UK or Gambia, what’s the difference? When I lived in the UK I think I had it pretty good. Nice job, nice car, nice house, nice things etc! Mostly, I accumulated stuff: clothes, CDs, gadgets – and for the most part, I thought I was happy. Yet it would be fair to say, after spending […]

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Stay in Touch

Hello everyone, stay in touch wherever you are and we hope you are all well and observing safety guidelines. For us, in The Gambia, we are in our 8th week of countrywide lockdown and social distancing. And we thought you might like to know what we are doing to keep busy and how we all

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Mangos in May

Mango Tree

I love Mangoes in May! They are one of those special fruits that you crave but seldom have. Probably because when we see them in the supermarkets, they are not ripe and are a bit more than you want to spend on a piece of fruit. Gambian Mango The mango is known as the ‘king

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Bushfire in The Gambia

Phoenix

Bushfire | We have had some significant events good and bad along our timeline of 20 years. One of the more memorable came in February 2007, the 24th to be exact. This was the day everything very literally went up in smoke. Can you smell smoke? I can hardly believe it is nearly fourteen years ago

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A Walk Off-the-Beaten-Track

Photography etiquette in Gambia

Off the beaten track | Coming November 2021 by popular demand are some designated mapped walks off the beaten track which will suit pretty much anyone’s ability or desire. They will of course start and end at Footsteps. And can be accompanied by one of our staff or can be done easily on your own

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