Author Archives: Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio

#ThrowbackSaturday: 30th December, 2014 – attempted coup, The Gambia, West Africa

    In 2014, Jason Florio and I were living in the small West African country of The Gambia, when we were woken by an early morning phone call, on 30th December, from a Gambian friend who advised us to ‘stay off the streets’ as the sound of gunfire had been reported, coming from the vicinity ofContinue reading “#ThrowbackSaturday: 30th December, 2014 – attempted coup, The Gambia, West Africa”

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IRIN NEWS ‘2017: A year of humanitarian crises in photos’ – images ©Jason Florio

  IRIN NEWS ‘2017: A year of humanitarian crises in photos’     Follow on Instagram @jasonflorio / @floriotravels

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Photo of the Day – Sunset over Kunta Kinte Island, River Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio

  The sun sets over baobab trees and Kunta Kinte Island Formally known as James Island (an important historical site in the West African slave trade), situated on the River Gambia, near to the villages of Juffureh and Albreda. Taken in 2009, whilst on a 930km African adventure – the first ever circumnavigation, completely byContinue reading “Photo of the Day – Sunset over Kunta Kinte Island, River Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio”

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