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Description: The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, commonly known as Gambia, is a country in Western Africa. It is the ... more

Gambia ... smallest country on the African continental mainland and is bordered to the north, east, and south by Senegal, and has a small coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the west. The River Gambia flows through the centre of the country and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. On 18 February 1965, The Gambia became independent from the British Empire. Banjul is its capital. The Gambia is a very small and narrow country whose borders mirror the meandering Gambia River. The country is less than 48 km wide, with a total area of 11,300 km². Its present boundaries were defined in 1889 after an agreement between the United Kingdom and France. It is almost an enclave of Senegal and the smallest country on the continent of Africa.

Newest Review: ... to be careful out of your main complex because you always get accosted by the luck boys who want to be your friend, if you tell them to sod off (in a nice way!) then they leave you alone but if this kind of thing bothers you then you can get a bit nervous by it. We did suffer with the dreaded banjul belly so take plenty of immodium, but the food was great and what you have to remember about ... more

... Gambia is that these people are very poor and have nothing, they see westerners as very rich (in fact you feel like a celeb visiting here) try to get out into the real Gambia and see how these people live, it's very humbling...more

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Gambia: Fantasic holiday,a real eye opener (202 words)
by pinkmuppet - written on 15/07/08 (Useful, 61 readings)
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We visited Gambia in March last year and absolutely loved it. Our children were 8 and 4 at the time and we couldn't have met such nice happy people as we did in this country. The weather was as you would imagine, very hot!, outside our room were Mango trees which would have been great if we had gone a bit later in the year as they weren't ripe when we stayed. You have to be careful out of your main complex because you always get accosted by the luck boys who want to be your friend, if you tell them to sod off (in a nice way!) then they leave you alone but if this kind of thing bothers you then you can get a bit nervous by it. We did ...

The Smiling Coast-most definately-I know where I want to be! (1342 words)
by munchkin-bitch - written on 07/03/08 (Very useful, 128 readings)
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I actually ended up going to The Gambia after postponing my wedding, 4 years ago this month. One of the things we had given a deposit on was our honeymoon, to Cuba, but eventually we decided to postpone it for a year or so, as the stress was too much and all the venues we looked at were booked on the date we had planned. We had paid around £250 deposit with Travel Choice, and luckily because it was a premium booking we were able to change our destination to a cheaper one. When looking at the options we decided on Gambia as it was so cheap and hot in March, which was when we were going away. The trip cost us £330 per person for a week self catering in a ...

Gambia in the new year (260 words)
by mick H - written on 18/01/08
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Just returned back from a one week stay in Gambia, over the New Year period, all in all it was a really nice holiday. The good points, well we stayed in the Ocean Bay hotel that was really nice, friendly helpfull staff, and a nice location on a lovely stretch of the beech. The weather was perfect, not too hot, perfect for sunbathing and chilling out on the beech. The Gambian people are friendly and polite and very laid back, they love their New Year and it was very special being their. Ok now a few bad points, you can not walk the streets without being hassled, and it became quite irritating that you could not spend any quality time just taking in the area, the markets, ...

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