This is another post about a RPCV (Returned Peace Corps Volunteer), although her service was more recent than the three previous RPCVs I posted about. I met Beth in May of 2018 when she arrived in The Gambia, to follow up on Solar Suitcases that were installed in rural health clinics, for her masters program at Duke University. Her schedule included traveling upcountry, and I invited her to… ....READ MORE
A luumoo is a weekly market that has almost everything a rural Gambian needs. The Farafenni luumoo is about two kilometer outside of the city center, and most people travel there by horse cart for five dalasis – less than ten cents US.
Luumoos are overwhelming for me, because I look like a tourist and someone to be taken advantage of. In the year I… ....READ MORE | 3 Comments
Holidays in The Gambia are very different from the US for many reasons. First of all, it’s hard to relate to seasonal holidays when the difference from one season to the next here is minimal. There are some Christmas decorations in Kombo, but nothing up country. The commercialization so prevalent in the western world is absent here, which is… ....READ MORE