Touchdown Gambia!

I have arrived, and in one piece too. One day in the Gambia and on my fourth shower! It is a tad humid, but not overly hot. Posting this on my kindle as no working wifi in the hotel, and we haven't had a chance to get a dongle yet, so no pics yet.

The journey out was without incident, I met a nice lady from the MRC who shared her experience with me, thank you Biate. The airport in Banjul was fun, first experience of the infamous bumpsters (men trying to help you with luggage, advice etc and hoping for money)
They certainly were persistent, and I failed to resist them, though it only cost me about 2 pounds.

I had a bit of a scare coming out of the airport as they x-ray your luggage on leaving. The nice  men from security called me aside and asked me to follow them to a customs office. a uniformd chap started to question me on what was in my bags and why I had so many cables and computer kit with me, before it got too hairy a colleague of his noticed my t-shirt and it's VSO logo and said "He is VSO, let him go" or words to that effect, and I was scot free!

We got paid our first months allowance today and it came in a thick envelope, 148 notes worth. With 10 of us counting it felt like some kind of mafia gambling den scene in a film!

Everyone so far has been really nice and friendly, it is with good reason The Gambia is called the smiling coast.