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Thursday Photo: Laundry on the fence, overlooking the River Gambia, West Africa

Taken whilst on the ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey‘, with Jason Florio.

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Looking back: young boy leaves the gold mines of Senegal, to cross the River Gambia, after a long days work

‘The section from Kedougou to Mako is known as ‘gold country’. For centuries the land on either side of the river has been continually pock marked by thousands of narrow mine shafts. We were warned about camping in these lawless areas, filled with anxious men and women, eyes bent on gold and not toContinue reading “Looking back: young boy leaves the gold mines of Senegal, to cross the River Gambia, after a long days work”

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The gift of ‘Silafando’ to Gambian village chiefs, Image West Africa

‘All the village chiefs we met, very kindly permitted our raggle-taggle, road-weary, team to turn up, unannounced, and pitch our small camp, each evening. To show our respect, as strangers, when approaching the village chief -the Alkalo – we used the age-old traditional protocol, called ‘silafando’ (which roughly translates as ‘a gift to you onContinue reading “The gift of ‘Silafando’ to Gambian village chiefs, Image West Africa”

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PRESS: THE QUAD SQUAD (BIKING) IN GAMBIA – ARIK AIR ‘WINGS’ MAGAZINE

It’s great to see our feature in the recent Arik Air ‘Wings’ inflight magazine, about quad biking in The Gambia, West Africa – courtesy of West African Power Sports. We had such a great time on the quad bikes and in the buggy. You can read all about – including me stacking my quadContinue reading “PRESS: THE QUAD SQUAD (BIKING) IN GAMBIA – ARIK AIR ‘WINGS’ MAGAZINE”