![]() In between the two are crowds of young men who have gravitated to the area from all over the country in search of mammon. On the other side of the road there is the 'village' where the natives live (and the lodge in which we stay). On one side of the road there is the beach and every few hundred yards there is a 'luxury' tourist hotel, complete with barbed-wire, security guards, high prices and sun worshipping Europeans. There is a paved road running along the beach front (tarmac is very rare here). The coastal region of Gambia in which we are staying is a classic example of a third-world tourist enclave. This has served as a good and not too difficult introduction to Africa. Happy to report our safe and comfortable arrival in Africa, Gambia was our arrival point and we have spent the first few days resting at a beach resort here (nice and hot).
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