Title: Duncan in the Gambia (
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I have am now back in the UK and have stopped updating this blog - 05/Feb/2012 11:42 - 4473 days ago
I have am now back in the UK and have stopped updating this blog...
Day 4 - Kerewan to Fajara (Final Leg) - 27/Nov/2011 17:48 - 4543 days ago
Welcome to Barra!Due to some road works today all traffic (including those at the end of a bike ride across the country) was goi...
Day 3 - Soma to Kerewan - 26/Nov/2011 15:44 - 4544 days ago
Another sunrise - this time over Soma.Somewhere between 30 and 40 trucks waiting to cross the river at Farrafenni at 730 this ...
Photos of Day 2 of THE Bike Ride - 25/Nov/2011 19:20 - 4545 days ago
Sunrise over Janjangbureh, 120km of cycling ahead of me.This goat was giving meBlue Steelfor a good 20 minutes while I took some...
Enough bananas and water to get me to Janjangbureh? check. Oral... - 23/Nov/2011 19:07 - 4547 days ago
Enough bananas and water to get me to Janjangbureh? check. Oral Rehydration Salts? check. First aid kit? Check. Vaseline? Check....
Bike Rides - 20/Nov/2011 13:23 - 4550 days ago
In my previous post I mentioned the model garden project in Basse. The Rural Support Organisation for the Disabled are trying to...
Double your Money - 19/Nov/2011 10:39 - 4551 days ago
One of the great things about being in the Gambia is I get to see exactly where aid money is spent and what differences it makes...
It was my birthday at the weekend. Sarah is a more diligent blogger but that doesn't mean my readers should miss out on seeing me dressed as a mosquito - 13/Oct/2011 19:42 - 4588 days ago
It was my birthday at the weekend. Sarah is a more diligent blogger but that doesn't mean my readers should miss out on seeing m...
Random thoughts in Dakar - 17/Sep/2011 18:30 - 4614 days ago
Things I like about DakarNo on cares if you can’t pay with the exact change in shopsI just had a hazelnut frappeThe food in g...
My friend and the Gambia’s sharpest entrepreneur, Mamadou... - 24/Aug/2011 23:17 - 4638 days ago
My friend and the Gambia’s sharpest entrepreneur, Mamadou Wuri Bah has a bike repair workshop in the centre of the Kombos th...
How Africa Subsidises your iPhone - 17/Aug/2011 17:59 - 4645 days ago
I was just sitting in a taxi coming back from work this afternoon as it occurred to me that in Banjul (and the Gambia in general...
Nicked and St Louis - 08/Jul/2011 22:57 - 4685 days ago
I have taken some time off work to visit a bit of Senegal and take Bruna back to the airport in Dakar, which means a lot of sept...
After 4 months of nothing Basse has had rain three nights... - 03/Jun/2011 10:06 - 4720 days ago
After 4 months of nothing Basse has had rain three nights running - even a bit of a lightening storm...
A Day in Basse - 24/May/2011 09:10 - 4730 days ago
Start the day with a quick wash down with some medicated soap which, as the box suggests, is invaluable for prickly heat. Ride ...
The End of Basse. I went for a little bike ride to the east of... - 17/May/2011 10:19 - 4737 days ago
The End of Basse. I went for a little bike ride to the east of Basse, from what I can tell there is a lot of sand, a few trees a...
Language in Basse - 15/May/2011 13:42 - 4739 days ago
In Basse people speak: Wollof, Madinka, Fula, Arabic and English. Often in the same conversation.I did a few Mandinka classes w...
I visited Basse’s restaurant, “the New... - 22/Apr/2011 12:25 - 4762 days ago
I visited Basse’s restaurant, “the New Restaurant”, last night. It was actually pretty good - they do a Domoda that’s so...
To all those people who have asked "What's the food like?" - 22/Apr/2011 00:04 - 4762 days ago
To all those people who have asked "What's the food like?":iom-to-gambia:We’re all back from The Gambia now, and contrary to o...
Kunta Kinte Island - 13/Apr/2011 23:32 - 4771 days ago
I visited Kunta Kinte Island with friends today. After a 7AM start it was just a swift drive, and then a ferry, and then a driv...
My sandals are great. They were a leaving present from my last... - 13/Apr/2011 00:20 - 4771 days ago
My sandals are great. They were a leaving present from my last job and I have to say I couldn’t think of anything more useful....
In the Gambia there aren’t many plastic bottles -... - 26/Mar/2011 08:00 - 4789 days ago
In the Gambia there aren’t many plastic bottles - they’re expensive.It is very hot and you sweat and you sweat a lot. I’m...
My Absence - 22/Mar/2011 23:02 - 4793 days ago
I’ve not been too well recently but I’m back to normal now. Being ill has meant that, hot on the heels of “what do you do ...
"Me, although I am not British, I do not want that to happen because eventually people will lose the..." - 15/Mar/2011 09:37 - 4800 days ago
“Me, although I am not British, I do not want that to happen because eventually people will lose the possibility to be treated...
but he doesn’t look like a doctor… - 11/Mar/2011 12:00 - 4804 days ago
but he doesn’t look like a doctor…...
Rubbish - 08/Mar/2011 23:49 - 4807 days ago
So far in Basse I have produced a box of cardboard, a bag full of plastic and a tin can. And I don’t know what do with them. I...
Went down to the river with some other VSOs yesterday.... - 06/Mar/2011 16:00 - 4809 days ago
Went down to the river with some other VSOs yesterday. It’s very pretty....
I tell you what, I’m not looking forward to finding the... - 05/Mar/2011 16:17 - 4810 days ago
I tell you what, I’m not looking forward to finding the projected half cockroach on Monday...
I still haven’t worked how to use “room I... - 04/Mar/2011 16:18 - 4811 days ago
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End of the Road. We’ve gone beyond the end of the road and... - 03/Mar/2011 13:43 - 4812 days ago
End of the Road. We’ve gone beyond the end of the road and got to Basse. I’ll take some pictures of my house at some point a...
I think I’m gonna wait until my birthday before I try a... - 02/Mar/2011 08:00 - 4813 days ago
I think I’m gonna wait until my birthday before I try a bottle of unnamed spirit drink....
Professional car wash… - 01/Mar/2011 18:37 - 4814 days ago
Professional car wash…...
24 Hour Power - 21/Feb/2011 23:27 - 4822 days ago
The power has actually been pretty good recently. In fact - based on the couple of minor electric shocks I’ve got from my lapt...
The School run - 21/Feb/2011 18:23 - 4822 days ago
PeopleDucks (or geese, or whatever they are)The School run...
Sunset at last night’s barbecue - 18/Feb/2011 14:30 - 4825 days ago
Sunset at last night’s barbecue ...
The eponymous traffic lights of the “Traffic Lights”... - 17/Feb/2011 12:47 - 4826 days ago
The eponymous traffic lights of the “Traffic Lights” area of Banjul...
Crocodiles - 16/Feb/2011 22:12 - 4827 days ago
Today was the first day that I didn’t take my camera out with me. Today was also the first day that I got to stroke a Nile Cro...
Photo - 13/Feb/2011 20:05 - 4830 days ago
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The river - 13/Feb/2011 19:27 - 4830 days ago
The river...
Village elders relax - 13/Feb/2011 19:22 - 4830 days ago
Village elders relax...
The post office of‘Post Office’ neighbourhood fame - 13/Feb/2011 19:04 - 4830 days ago
The post office of‘Post Office’ neighbourhood fame...
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