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[Ford Prefect]

On tuesday i am going to The Gambia for a week holiday with my lady before we go back to uni. It was a last minute booking and we had a choice between Spain and there. I was wondering if by chance anyone has been there or Senegal, Mali or Guinea/Guinea Bissau. If they have can they share some advice on the area or things to do, or people have general advice for a pasty middle class 20 yr old who hasnt been in a developing nation before. Thank you in advance.

 

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[.zero]

wikipedia man

 

[Enron]

Mali is fairly easy to get around without being shot. A fairly relaxed border from what I've read. Lemme link you an article.

 

[Ford Prefect]

wikipedia man

iv done all that and read some guides and checked the websites, but theres a difference between proffessional advice, and advice from people, and i know which i find more useful.

 

[Enron]

Here you go. It's a small taste. But all I can offer.

http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article11300702.aspx

 

[Enron]

Basically, ask around when you get to where you are going. People will tell you if the border has been fishy, where there is trouble and where there isn't.

 

[Ford Prefect]

Here you go. It's a small taste. But all I can offer.

http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article11300702.aspx

cheers bro, will read tomorrow.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

You chose Gambia over Spain?

Happy Malaria!

 

[Zé Tahir]

Haven't been to the other countries but I've lived in Sierra Leone.

 

[gray]

I went on a mission trip to Conakry, Guinea in 2005. It was only for about 3 weeks and I spent a good chunk of that time in the remote villages a few hours away from the main city.

The people in Guinea are generally very friendly, though I think a good deal of that was due to their fascination at seeing a bunch of Asians walking around town (there are very few foreigners in Guinea). If you have a working knowledge of French, you'll get along great with the locals.

They love football in Guinea. I resorted to wearing my Juventus jersey around pretty much all the time, because it instantly identified me as a football fan and opened up avenues for instant connection and conversations with people.

Because Conakry is on the west coast, it gets extremely humid during summer, though that shouldn't be too much of a problem at this time of year.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

You chose Gambia over Spain?

Happy Malaria!

 

[Bjerknes]

Nice second picture, Graham.

 

[Byrone]

You chose Gambia over Spain?

Happy Malaria!

 

[The Curr]

You chose Gambia over Spain?

Happy Malaria!

This is pretty much what I was going to say.

 

[Darkie]

You chose Gambia over Spain?

Happy Malaria!

lol exactly

I'm African but I wouldn't be caught dead in most African countries. But if you into that change the world BS Bon Voyage

 

[Byrone]

Yeah as if Tembisa & the cape flats are so wonderful.

 

[Darkie]

Yeah as if Tembisa & the cape flats are so wonderful.

compared to that its paradise, just imagine how many shots you going to take and still you'll prolly catch some unheard of disease

 

[Byrone]

compared to that its paradise, just imagine how many shots you going to take and still you'll prolly catch some unheard of disease

As to getting shot via drive by in the cape flats or cathcing a disease by using a porta toilet in tembisa? You can even get that shit in Durban where the hectic zulu guys luve.

 

[Zé Tahir]

You two make SA sounds so utopian

 

[Byrone]

Us South Africans like to think of SA as the America of Africa but some South Africans refuse to accept that we do have some backward ppl here.