I hadn’t been to Bandjul since I was little girl..I only have memories of running around the kitchen of my ‘badjene’ ..
As you’ve noticed on this blog I’ve been trying to travel within my country or around it and I figured why not travel to Gambia?
So Bandjul here I was this past weekend
I travelled by bus which I don’t think I’ll do in the future because the roads are very bad, for exple on my way back we got stopped by immigration at least 3 times …and each time we had to get of the bus ect.., on the other hand the drivers didnt leave on time ect..
The cool thing is that during my journey I saw kids in rural areas walking miles and miles to get to school, each town that we passed by: from Mbour, Kaolack, Saloum I was astounished at the number of children that were walking long distances to get from school to their villages..waouh I’ll never forget that:)
Bandjul is a clean and nice little town, I visited Fadiara and Bakau as well, Gambians seem to be living under the tight control of their president..Each last saturday of the month Gambians are to clean their neighberhood so from 9AM-1PM they can’t drive their cars otherwise they’ll get arrested on those days…
I stayed with my lovely aunt, uncle and cousin Muntaga who showed me ard kindly,this weekend was also the occasion for me to catch up with my very good high school friend Amy who now resides with her little fam’ in Gambia..She spoiled the hell out of me btw restaurants dates ect and just plain good hanging out with her beautiful children..by the way if you ever are in Bandjul try the Gaya Cafe and the Mandarin Restaurant..we enjoyed both places 
Djarama sista you were an amazing host, shall be waiting for u in dkr:)
If you wanna kick it at nite as I did with my cousins try the Old School Club, quite nice , reggae tunes , mballakh ect..
On the – side, pastries suck in Bandjul sorry lol I just had to admit it
They also have a crafts store in the Senegambia area, the touristic area where you can find little restaurants, hotels, ect…
Nice trip:)
Yaye
Nice pictures Yaye, suggestion for your future trips if you get the chance to go to Mali, do it by train if you can, it is AMAZING between the numerous vilages that you will discover, the landscape… it will for sure take your breath away.
Hello there,
….seems like u had a good time n yea u r so rite dakar beats us when it comes to pastries
im a vivid reader of ur blogs n im so happy that you feature my country Gambia, just looking at the pics make me homesick
oh by the way i went to high wid ur cuz small world huh lol
sorry i meant high school