My last week in the Kombos

My language trainers and new that day african outfit - made to measure!

How we do our washing.

This is the bbq on the beach which became a bonfire once it was dark and the food was cooked.

My birthday

On my birthday we went to a rural village as we had not seen how most Gambians lived as we have been staying in the city. It was a really fun day.

This is Sonja (volunteer) and Janke (VSO secretary) enjoying the food bowl at the village.

We also enjoyed some traditional music and dancing which I will try again to add the video of later but right now it is failing.

 

First week

Some of the other volunteers I am working with.

A taste of Gambian life. Setting up for the fish market. It got a lot busier later and some people went down and walked around it and it was like a where's wally book but I didnt get a picture. The people in the sea are swimming out to get the fish off the boats which they put in big buckets on their head and then swim back to shore and run up the beach with it. They run for a reason as young boys will run behind them leaping up and smacking the fish bucket so lots of fish tumble to the ground and they run off with them as the runners have their hands busy so cant defend themselves.