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Saturday, September 24, 2022

Long Walks on the Beach (Sanyang, Gambia)

On our second day at the beach we decided to check out the beaches in the other direction.  The views were so much better in this direction.  We passed by the fishermen and their colorful boats.  Then we saw a bunch of cows on the beach again. It was just so strange to see that there were more cows than humans on the beach.  The scenery was so beautiful and we had the beach to ourselves.  The only ones to join us for our walk were two dogs.  They followed us for a good while and were quite friendly, but had a few cuts on them, that made us a bit worried about them.  A really nice fisherman saw that we didn't really like the dogs near us, so he scared them off for us.  Once the dogs were gone we were able to fully relax and enjoy the water. I wanted to go to an area where I thought I saw more people, but once we got closer I noticed that they were cows AGAIN!!!  We decided that we wanted to walk away from the coast to get back to our accomodation because there was one area that was a bit dodgy in the water so we walked in-land.  WOW!!!  It was so much hotter once we started to walk in-land.  I couldn't believe the HUGE change in temperature.  Once we were back in the main area we went to the only "touristy" restaurant.  The price was much better than the hotel and the portion was huge.  Leos and I shared one meal between the two of us and it was more than enough.  Then we relaxed for the rest of the day which was quite nice.  It was a nice and relaxing beach day. 

                                                  gotta begin the morning on a hammock
                                                                        blue skies
                                                                        fishing boats
                                                                        nice coastline
                                                        fishermen pushing their boats
                                                                         going out to sea
                                                                    cows on the beach
                                                                    like a giant mirror 
                                                                        island scenery 
                                                                    Leos on a palm tree
                                                                 now I'm on a palm tree
                    


                                                               hermit crabs in the water

                                                                a dog joined Leos
                                     looks like the vulture and cow are talking to each other

                                                                  absolutely no one!!

                                                            our friendly beach escorts


                                                more cows than humans on the beach 


                                      decided to take a path back to our accomodation

                                         it was so HOT walking inland from the beach
                                                            lunch at the restaurant in town
                                                    a donkey and a mercedes taxi
                                                         fried Butterfish, very tasty
                                                                drink from Senegal
                                                                lots of lobster cages

                                                                    hammock time!
                                                                    beautiful sunset

Friday, September 23, 2022

Let's Go to the Beach!!! (Sanyang, Gambia)

We decided to take the local shared vans because I was used to this kind of transport when I was living in South Africa.  Its cheap and they pick you up and drop you off any where on the main road.  We were lucky and got to sit in the front.  The amount of water we saw on the roads was crazy!! Since the weather was fine we decided to walk from the main road to the beach.  It was really interesting to see the way to the beach.  We passed by cows and lots of friendly people.  Once we got to the beach village, our accommodation was super close.  We checked into our room and immediately went to the beach.  The weather was great and we were happy! (Especially because it wasn't raining and the forecast said it would rain)  It amazed us how many cows were on the beach.  There were definitely more cows than humans on the beach. It was crazy! We decided to just eat a late lunch/early dinner at the hotel.  LeoÅ¡ got his beer and I got 2 fresh coconuts from a tree at the hotel.  It was great and a nice first day at the beach.

                                                                on our way to the beach
                                                                            front seat!!
                                                                the road for the beach
    Hello Cow!
                                                                    just clay everywhere
 so many cows!
   almost to the beach
lake nearby the beach


we are happy to FINALLY be on a beach!
sandpiper
cows!!!
had to get a selfie
yup, more of them
long line of cows going somewhere
vulture eating dead fish
vulture flying
mini Leoš
our food and drinks
had to throw my glasses into a pic
yummy coconut!
chilling on a hammock
hotel cat
                                                              can you see the nests in the trees?
up close
can you see the yellow bird?
                                                                            hotel "lounge"
                                                                        hotel grounds
                                                                    our room for 5 nights
AC, fan and mosquito net (all so important!)
lets relax
beach dogs
enjoying our first beach sunset since the beginning of the year
more cows!
                                                                      frog outside our room