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Hiz Princess
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 08 Oct 2008 : 23:21:39
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Originally posted by Formby
On a practical note though, these old men with strings of local girls, are they using condoms? If not, it's dangerous practise.
I would assume, as the men are upfront in what they are looking for (a shagfest) id say chances are, they cover all bases. No way of telling equally worrying is if the woman who think they're the 'only ones 'use them. |
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Formby
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 00:13:27
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Hmm, as I mentioned earlier, I was staying in the same environment as some of these chaps and those guys were not doing. These are men of a certain age who were young before the AIDS age and they are the ones who will never use condoms. When they are running many 'girlfriends' that's very dangerous stuff. It was just one of the things that struck me at the time. I don't think the women who go there for sex typically do that, they just have one, and yes they lose their heads quite quickly thinking they are the one, and it's probably more dangerous psychologically.
Anyway. let this thread not just dwell on that because it's not the real ingredient of the place for many. Some, yes, but just as many find other magic. |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 09:04:42
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Yes for me the magic is in the villages, that sense of community that alot of places in Uk has lost. My grandma is 95 and lived in a leicestershire village with her big family of brothers and sisters, out side toilet and no electricity. Water from the well. Not so very different.....hard life, but happy and social. Community pulled together. As we get richer we get more individualistic and insular.
I love sitting in the village with the children round me. I am truely happy in that situation......... but then I am visiting and not doing all the hard work!!!  |
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jambo
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 09:34:30
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i am planning on doing just that, a visit in january looks like a defiatne possibility, i had to stay home and look after the finances here, but the week beginning 1-6th jan prices are really low, I need to touch base with my "villagers", chill, relax just get my self together,
senegambia is okay for a quick minute. What is the dls at the moment.
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 11:34:24
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| Jambo wish I could join you then..but I will be back teaching. The Christmas holidays is SO expensive. I would love to go then, but cant raise the cash! |
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Formby
United Kingdom
246 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 02:45:15
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| Thinking of what makes people go back..I remember being on the same plane from Gatwick as Beres Hammond and entourage when they came over and played at Bakau and Brikama a couple of years ago. Some of my mates in Gambia were involved in the local PR and when we all go off the plane I was whisked through customs, jumped into a landrover and witnessed one of the best sights I've ever seen! There were dancing and drumming troops lining the roads and people formed a convoy in the streets as the Beres procession made it's way to Bakau, music everywhere! Only Gambia does welcomes like that. |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 10:57:52
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check out the prices for 1-6 january with thomas cook, its about £329 for two weeks, lets all go.
I get the meaning, EVEN those of us who have war stories to tell, still find it a struggle not to go back. but you will find a way, say pryaers think positive  |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 11:00:45
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FADERABRAHAM, THANK YOU FOR THIS POSTING, MEMORIES, I REMEMBER the first time I heard the singers, GORE it was at an official event they came and sang and people gave money, I have heard them many times but each time is special.
then ther is my memory of the drummers, beating up a storm
my first naming ceremony,
christian wedding,
hadji party
most of them were all day events    
HAPPY DAYS
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Formby
United Kingdom
246 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 15:25:00
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| Where do people's posts keep going to? A good many disappear. EG in between Jambos't there should be one from Father Abraham. It was there last night so what's happened to it? And a couple I posted elsewhere have gone astray. Why? |
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faderabraham
203 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 15:48:13
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| you right formby i posted several yesterday and a new thread i think have been hacked am changing my password... cheers |
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Denise Johnson
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 20:32:58
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I have spent a lot of time in Gambia over the last 5 years and even spent 7 months on one visit. I have travelled the world and now live in Dubai which is a total contrast to Gambia. Dubai with all it's glitz misses the things which the Gambia has:
Peace and Quiet
Friendly people
Deserted beaches
Free beaches
Low rise buildings
Space
Bustling towns
Tradition
Beach side bars & restaurants which are affordable
Many of The Gambians are poor and live on the poverty line but they are grateful for what they receive and make you feel very welcome, especially in the bush! |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 22:22:44
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| Denise I thought you were planning on living in Gambia permanently. Do you mind me asking why you had a change of plan? |
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faderabraham
203 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2008 : 12:02:27
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Originally posted by jambo
relaxing , a sense of being something, chilled out factor nice to see the family that has adopted you and you have adopted them in the being I did feel i was doing something i enjoyed setting up the library visiting the schools etc, but the rot set in and I started being ripped off, so now only go once a year. HOW SAD, maybe this will change.
YOU DONE LOTS OF GOOD WORK THERE JAMBO... THEY DO THINK WE WALKING ...ATM...MACHINES |
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