It's a hard life...

After a long trip starting at 03.45 am on Saturday morning we reached our destination, Serekunda, Gambia.
The trip was fine. A slight delay after our transfer in Brussels, on arrival in Banjul it was only about 30 minutes.
The flight from Brussels started with bubbles to celebrate that we now finally were on our way. When we touched ground at the small little airport in Banjul we stepped out to the stairs and straight into the heat!! 34 degrees Celsius, right in the face… Lovely!!

To get from the airport to the hotel we caught a taxi. We were shown to our car by the supervisor and I saw this row with nice cars, most probably with air con which made me happy since I was still in my jeans from the trip. But, we passed the nice shiny cars and ended up with something that I don’t know how old or if it should last for one more kilometre… It was a different ride, but we did arrive at the hotel and that was a relief.

Checked in and got installed in our room. We took a small walk around the area and then went for dinner. After that and the long travelling day, and the heat I guess, we were tired and went to bed.

Nice and fresh we woke up this morning and the toughest question was: Beach or Pool?
After a great breakfast outside and some small errands the pool won today.
The whole day was spent on a sun bed, in the sun, in the shade or in the pool. It’s great when you can cool down in a 27 degree pool. Lunch break by the beachfront.
Late afternoon we went back to the room, had a drink on the porch and relaxed before dinner. Then comes the next question: What to have for dinner? Chicken, beef, fish, soup or no soup, desert or no desert.
It’s a hard life to live – so many questions!?

GOING ON HOLIDAY!!

The first phase of a long awaited holiday week is done. I have left the north for the south for a pitstop.
At 04.00AM tomorrow morning we pack ourselves into the car and drive over the bridge to Copenhagen. The trip will go through the EU capital Brussels to Banjul, Gambia!
It will be so great!! Sunny and warm!

Gambia is Africa's smallest country, surrounded by rainforest and bamboo trees, large savannas with mahogany trees, oil palms and rubber trees. Last but not least, there is also the coast, consisting of 50 km white unspoiled sandy beach, just where the river empties into the Atlantic.
Gambia is 11 300 km2! Small that is ...=)

They say it's possible to have Western food at most tourist hotels and restaurants. But I thought to try the colorful Gambian cuisine, which offers very good food what you heard. The Gambian cuisine offers many different vegetables, rice and beans with different kinds of meat. The meat is often spiced with exciting spices and gives a very special treat. Fruits like mangoes, bananas, grapefruit and oranges are a delicacy. In the case of beverages, you can get hold of both wine and beer, however, the best being the local fruit juice. It should probably be investigated when there ... I get back to that!

There are not very much info to find about this small country, but I stumbled upon quite funny info regarding infrastructure. There are two different roads, a paved road along the southern side of the River Gambia and a dirt road along the northern side. The southern part is served by public buses, while the Northern largely served by taxis. It runs public buses to most towns in the country. One should be aware that buses are often overcrowded.
Perhaps it is best to stay on the beach and not venture out in traffic!

Anyway, it will be nice and it will be interesting to discover this small little country. It will complete my circle - having visited the North, East, South and West Africa ...

If the connection is with us, I will try to keep you updated and tell you how many degrees above 30 the temperature is from day to day ...