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0258. My mini-safari (Gam 04--new)

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Six months into my new Morocco life, I feel I’ve just got to take a break and try something different. I head south WAY south—overland all the way across the Sahara desert through Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to discover the joys and perils of playing street music in sub-Saharan Africa. Then I return to Morocco to discover another 100+ towns…

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0258. My mini-safari (Gam 04--new)

January 7, 2009

Brikama is the next sizeable town on the map. But when the minivan fare collector called out "Lamin!" I figured I'd get on anyway...

Quite a small place, with long dirt roads passing shady little family family compounds... Many are walled in, but still able to get a glimpse inside. It seems that rural Gambians prefer the tin roof over the traditional mud huts and thatch roofs still prevelant in Senegal... I wonder if it was during the colonial period that they stated making that switch...

I headed back to the main road and back west to the very edge... and then... what is that? It's a Natural Park Reserve!

Now, seeing nature and wildlife is not my priority on this trip, but happening on a Nature Reserve in a two bit town like Lamin definitely demands visiting... So I payed a very reasonable fare and headed inside...

It's not Kenya by any means, but still has a cool jungle feel, a beautiful variety of plant life--and yes, monkeys!

So if anyone asks me if I went on a safari while I was in a Africa, I'll be able to say yes... sort of...