Though our stay in The Gambia was quite short, just 8 days, we made many memories there and met a lot of new friends.
We stayed with a wonderful family who hosted all 6 of us (my entire family!) through Couch Surfing. It was here with their family that all three of us girls had our hair braided in cornrows, a very common hairdo in Africa. It was a painful, long process and a style we’d use throughout almost our entire journey through Africa.
I’ll never forget the local street party we watched from our host family’s balcony and the extreme amount of energy displayed that night. The drumming and music was exhilarating. The women were shaking their booties like I’d never seen before!!! It was absolutely thrilling to be a fly on the wall that night and see the real local culture.
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Street Vendors coming to our bus
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This is a common and sad site
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Brandon standing under the Baobab Tree
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A random tire shop on the side of the road
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Passing by a small village
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Village life under the Baobab Tree
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Coastal Altantic
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The harbour at Barra.
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A very busy ferry to Banjul from Barra
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Banjul
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Love these little colourful flowers.
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Bamboo is amazingly strong and use to assist building everywhere.
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Unloading plantains or maybe bananas its hard to tell.
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My first of many cornrow hairdos done by the sister of our couch surfer hostess. This took 6 hours.
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Our finished hairdos
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I like this fence.
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This is our wonderfully generous host Family in Serrekunda.
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Serrekunda street vendors
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The streets of Serrekunda
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Trying to negotiate a ride. Oh what fun.
Stay tuned for more #FridayFotos. Next week is GEORGIA.
View more photos of Gambia here.
For more of my travel photography, find me on Instagram. See you there!
Savannah Grace
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Wonderful! Thank you for your views into life around the world, and today a glimpse into life in The Gambia. Looks hard for Gambians. Cheers and keep up the great photography.