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Gambia

You name it and you can buy it along the dusty roads.

Here we have a major part of the city. Notice the roads are not too paved. Remember the open air vehicle we are traveling in. Definitely an interesting visit.

Even some live stock mixed in with the traffic along the highway as we have no idea where we are headed at this point in time.

Here we are about to enter a round about of unpaved road, in the city, with kids going to school, animals along side the highway, traffic going in all directions.

Life in the capital city of Banjul.

Lots of used car locations in the outskirts of the city.

This may be the dumping grounds for cars that cannot be sold anywhere else doe to flooding or who knows.

Welcome to traffic in Banjul. Amazing

Everyone see is trying to make a living. There is no free money or welfare here.

The Tanji Village Museum is The Gambia's first privately operated museum, and was set up in 1997 by Mr. Abdoulie Bayo, a former curator at the National Museum in Banjul.

Here we are at a tourist attraction that has been set up to be more akin to an African hamlet - a 'living museum' of sorts. The center piece of the various exhibits is a reconstruction of a traditional Mandinka compound, depicting how they lived over 100 years ago. Here we see a demonstration of how they used a loom.

Saw this in a tree and thought it was quite unique art at the museum.

Gambia is known as the smiling coast of Africa, for its friendly people, diverse culture, and sunny climate. It is also a popular tourist destination, with sandy beaches, wildlife parks, and historical sites. We next stopped at a local home and family that makes an alcohol drink and gave us some other demonstrations of the life in Gambia.

I think the best part of this stop was having the chance to take photos and share the photo with the kids. When they see themselves their faces light up with smiles. You have made a friend.

Now who could turn down a smile like this?

When I showed the group photo to them they all were smiling huge. Made their day.

This little guy was posing waiting for me

A local delivery on a motorcycle. It is incredible what they can haul on one motor bike.

A delivery truck

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