This English couple are also travelling overland around Africa. When we met them in The Gambia they had recently shipped their Landy from South Africa to Ghana, and then driven through Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. They also have there own website www.pkoverland.com.
We spent a morning at one of the nature reserves near by. They have a large range of bird life, many of which we saw, al well as deer, crocodiles and monkeys.
This was a good market to pick up fresh fruit and vegetables. The fish market is also just around the corner down on the jetty by the beach, and you can buy the fish straight from the boat.
On two nights we put the fresh vegetables and fish to good use as we had great BBQ’s for dinner. This night we invited a German couple to dinner. They are on a world tour with their massive truck, which they estimate will take them 6 years to complete.
We first met this German guy when he was helping to run Zebrabar campsite. He has been travelling around Africa for around 17 years. His latest vehicle is this old German Fire Truck which has been converted for overlanding.
Once we were on the move again we took the Ferry from Banjul to the North side of the river. As the road that runs the length of the country is better on the North bank than the South. The loading and unloading of the ferry was chaotic, but once on board the crossing was pleasant.
This was our wild campsite for the first night back on the road. That night we watched the an impressive lighting storm on the horizon, before going to bed.
This was the ferry we had to catch to get over to the island in the middle of the river that Georgetown is situated on.
This was the view from the ferry for the short trip across the river. The river is in fact very deep and European ships used to sail right up to Georgetown to collect the slaves.
These are the ruins of the warehouses where the slaves were kept until the ship came to collect them.
This was the building where the slave masters lived and worked. Also any troublesome slaves were kept in the dark, cramped basement and some were even change to the walls. Today only the bats live there.
It is so called because if any slave made it to the tree in the centre of this triangular area, their name saw recorded and they were set free.
His was the guy who kindly allowed me to camp near his compound in Tambacounda. I spent an interesting afternoon chatting with him and his friends.