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The Gambia from Space

October 13th, 2006 |

By Joshua |

Just stumbled across this great NASA image of The Gambia River, or as Kunta Kinte remembered it, the “Kamby Bolongo.” Here’s the Wiki page where I found it. The thin... [Read this entry]

Going to The Gambia?

August 10th, 2006 |

By Joshua |

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The most thorough and up-to-date guidebook that I’ve seen is The Bradt Guide to The Gambia by Craig Emms, Linda Barnett & Richard Human (June 2006). It is a comprehensive... [Read this entry]

Crocodile Love

August 9th, 2006 |

By Joshua |

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What do you do with one day to kill in The Gambia? That’s easy: If you’re a European sugar momma lookin’ for love, you... [Read this entry]

Sara Kunda to Kombo: Traveling in The Gambia

August 7th, 2006 |

By Joshua |

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The journey from Sara Kunda to Kombo, as the area around The Gambia’s capital is known, allows us to experience nearly every challenge encountered in upcountry African travel. (Okay, perhaps... [Read this entry]

Sara Kunda: A Gambian Homecoming Part II

August 6th, 2006 |

By Joshua |

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Tay’s Toma is little Sutay, the child she helped pull from her friend and sister, Fatou, 10 years ago on a fateful moonlit night. Tay, Fatou, and their mother, who... [Read this entry]

Sara Kunda: A Gambian Homecoming Part I

August 5th, 2006 |

By Joshua |

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The pre-dawn sky is as star-shiny night-black as it was when we crawled under our mosquito net a few hours ago, at the end of our party, after the last... [Read this entry]

The Gambia, Up the River

August 4th, 2006 |

By Joshua |

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Our first stop is Tendaba Training Camp, where we arrive after 10 pm, exhausted but excited as Tay runs into old friends and I taste my first Julbrew by the... [Read this entry]

Map: Where in the World is The Gambia?

August 3rd, 2006 |

By Joshua |

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It’s right here, a splinter of river and river bank surrounded on all sides by Senegal. The Gambia is a Mandinka island within a sea of Wolof, though that is... [Read this entry]

Gorée to The Gambia

August 2nd, 2006 |

By Joshua |

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A 15-hour layover in Dakar, Senegal provides just enough time to sleep a few hours in the dismal airport hotel before cruising through Dakar’s empty brown lots and smoldering mounds... [Read this entry]

Moving On: To The Gambia

July 26th, 2006 |

By Joshua |

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Another chapter ends, another begins. Two months in Ghana, two months of working and seeing, of looking back on what we’ve seen, looking around at West Africa . . .... [Read this entry]

Bethany Ericson on Belize with a Baby: My Daughter’s First Trip Abroad
Hi -- We are finding the Peapod Plus a very useful ... [read more]

Khawaja T ariq Mahmood on Why We Came to Pakistan: Gordon College, Rawalpindi, and our search for Dr. Stewart
I attended Gordon college from 1965-1970 , I was a ... [read more]

SAJJAD HAIDER on The Mir of Hunza, Part 2
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[F]oxymoron on Belikin Beer: It’s Not Just for Teething Anymore!
This is classic!

Melody on Belize with a Baby: My Daughter’s First Trip Abroad
a wonderful adventure!! I am loving it!! I feel l ... [read more]

nomadic matt on Belikin Beer: It’s Not Just for Teething Anymore!
mmmm belikins are very good. crack one open for me ... [read more]

Julie on Belize with a Baby: My Daughter’s First Trip Abroad
Your baby is truly adorable, very cute. And hope s ... [read more]

Madeline on Belize with a Baby: Shanti Heads South
Hi Shanti! I hope you are having a good time! I ca ... [read more]

Matt Harwood on Belize with a Baby: Shanti Heads South
Looks like a great time. I will definitely have to ... [read more]

Jenny on Belize with a Baby Part 2: Gales Point and Belize City
That is so darn cute!!!