Provence, France: Everything is different. Again.
byFifteen months after our trip began with a 10-day stopover in Paris, the nation of France is again our cultural buffer between Third and…
Round-the-World Honeymoon
Casablanca: Day Two
byToday’s mission is the Palais Royale and the souk in the Habous Quarter, an old, clean, pleasant market of Moroccan clothes and wares. Though…
Casablanca: Day One
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Expanding our originally scheduled two-hour layover in Casablanca to two days was a no-brainer. We’ve both always wanted to go to Morocco and even if we only visit its largest and least interesting city (according to anyone who has traveled here), we are sure it will be worth it. We are not let down.
Going to The Gambia?
byThe most thorough and up-to-date guidebook that I’ve seen is The Bradt Guide to The Gambia by Craig Emms, Linda Barnett & Richard Human…
Crocodile Love
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What do you do with one day to kill in The Gambia? That’s easy: If you’re a European sugar momma lookin’ for love, you go to the beaches around Senegambia and respond to shouts of “Hey Boss Lady!” from glistening Gambian studs, a.k.a. “Bumsters.”
Sara Kunda to Kombo: Traveling in The Gambia
byThe journey from Sara Kunda to Kombo, as the area around The Gambia’s capital is known, allows us to experience nearly every challenge encountered…
Sara Kunda: A Gambian Homecoming Part II
byTay’s Toma is little Sutay, the child she helped pull from her friend and sister, Fatou, 10 years ago on a fateful moonlit night….
Sara Kunda: A Gambian Homecoming Part I
byThe pre-dawn sky is as star-shiny night-black as it was when we crawled under our mosquito net a few hours ago, at the end…
The Gambia, Up the River
byOur first stop is Tendaba Training Camp, where we arrive after 10 pm, exhausted but excited as Tay runs into old friends and I…