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serenata
Germany
1400 Posts |
 Posted - 06 Sep 2006 : 15:20:11
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Hello all, just a few lines, and greetings from Gambia! As some of you said, rainy season is wonderful - and terrible at the same time. Maybe if you stay in a hotel everythig is fine, but if you are living in a normal family you face regular electricity and water shortages (NAWEC, MY FAVOURITE ENEMY!!!!!), and this can be hard at this time of the year.
Another interesting point is the election campaign, but I give you my observations later, after my return. Really strange things - at least for my European style political mind...
All the best to you!
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jambo
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Posted - 06 Sep 2006 : 16:32:37
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| hi serenata, how is it, definately strange when you stay with family, lots of things come in to play. agree on the electricity. hwo is the rainy season |
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ranga
USA
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Posted - 09 Sep 2006 : 16:35:05
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| Serenata, what changes are you seeing since your last visit? Infrequent visitors have the advantage of comparing two snapshots separated by time. Small changes that accumulate over time become very apparent with big gaps in time. |
T.K. "Ranga" Rengarajan
Founder, Geoseed Project
http://www.geoseedproject.com
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serenata
Germany
1400 Posts |
Posted - 21 Sep 2006 : 22:49:03
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Jambo and Ranga, thanks for your postings.
I wrote some of my impressions of rainy season in Gambia in the topic 'Heavy rains cause havoc in Serrekunda'. Ranga, you are probably of Indian origin, and maybe you know that the Indian monsoon season is comparable to the Gambian rainy season; I thought of India many times in the last few weeks. I agree: "Infrequent visitors have the advantage of comparing two snapshots separated by time. Small changes that accumulate over time become very apparent with big gaps in time." I fear my visits to Gambia have become too frequent in the last years to notice these small, but important nuances But before there was a 10 years gap, and compared to the Gambia of the early 90ies, I found that the country changed a lot - to the better, but also to the worse.
Jambo, you are right - staying with the family gives you a totally different view. Even if life is harder, I prefer it a hundred times to a touristic visit. But I had both: Staying with the Serekunda branch of my Gambian family, we sometimes had a day off, went to the beach and enjoyed the lazy life. Other days were filled with everyday matters and responsibilities... Oh yes, and I found a new group of enemies: The Gambian car mechanics! These people often do an excellent job, but they love to rip you off.  
I must admit that the things I always notice are the seasonal changes in Gambian fashion  , and I liked to see that in the rainy season not so many ladies wear these sometimes awfully looking wigs.
My impressions of the election campaign: A very professional, convincing and surely expensive APRC campaign, but I fear there was not much money left for other parties... More after the elections, I force myself to stay neutral until the show is over. |
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kassma
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Posted - 22 Sep 2006 : 04:50:06
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quote:
Originally posted by serenata
Hello all, just a few lines, and greetings from Gambia! As some of you said, rainy season is wonderful - and terrible at the same time. Maybe if you stay in a hotel everythig is fine, but if you are living in a normal family you face regular electricity and water shortages (NAWEC, MY FAVOURITE ENEMY!!!!!), and this can be hard at this time of the year.
Another interesting point is the election campaign, but I give you my observations later, after my return. Really strange things - at least for my European style political mind...
All the best to you!
oh i miss rainy season when us kids used to take a shower and play in the rain, oh Gambia i miss you!!! |
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serenata
Germany
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Posted - 22 Sep 2006 : 14:35:34
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Yeah, the kids love the rainy season and they have a lot of fun! Everywhere you can see them playing in the water. I remembered my own childhood - these flooded streets would have meant paradise for me! But I am still childish enough to enjoy the wonderful, heavy tropical rain  , even if my family smiles about me. Okay, I caught a cold - but who cares? |
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