Pictures from Gambia & Senegal

January 2000

Downtown Serekunda  from my Guest House

A dangerously overladen pirogue at Banjul about to cross the  mouth of the river Gambia

Katchikali crocodile pool Bakau

Baboon in Abuko Nature Reserve

A crane on a tree in Abuko (there was also a  monitor lizard just out of shot to the right)

Janjanbureh (formerly Georgetown) incredibly laid back after Serekunda

The River Gambia looking towards Baboon Island (supposedly there were hippos in the area, but we did not see any).

The bush taxi which transported myself and 17 other people and 4 live chickens from Basse (Gambia) to Velingara Senegal during one of the several maintenance stops.

Tambacounda station - 4 trains per week.

Serekunda  Market place

Unloading passengers by piggyback at barra

Visiting salt water creeks at Lamin

Water buck (just visible) Abuko

A transport cafe at Soma

The NARI Agricultural field station near Sapu

A termite mound near Janjanbureh

A 5' monitor lizard (just visible in the centre)

Tambacounda (Senegal) Market