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serenata
Germany
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 Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 15:40:41
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At the end of the month, for 3 weeks. I got an urgent call from the headquarter of Anopheles gambiae; they told me they are going to die without my blood.   I never visisted Gambia in the rain season, but even in winter the mosquitoes love me... Besides this, I am looking forward to this trip! I think the rain season in Gambia is like the monsoon in India, where I enjoyed the heavy, warm rain very much. |
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Babylon
Sweden
691 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 16:21:29
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Oh, you lucky girl Serenata! I wish I could go there too, I just love the rainy season. I think it´s even better than the dry season, the nature in Gambia is so green and beautiful right now.
By the way Gambev, I think I´m having some sort of 30´s crisis. I just feel really old when I think that soon I´ll be 30, when I was 20 I thought 30 is veeeery old. Nowadays I think we women are at our top in the mid 30´s to early 40´s, after that... downhills... everything starts to point to the south. Although you´ll never know, when I see miraclewomen like Sophia Loren I start getting some hope!  |
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serenata
Germany
1400 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 16:48:24
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Babylon, the nature must be great now! I can almost smell it... But I promised to take care of a sick person from my husband's family, so I will be a little bit busy again. Anyway, let's see. I hope the electoral campaign will be peaceful.
Concerning your age: The more you worry about it, the older you will look! Don't fall victim to the media brainwash...  |
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Babylon
Sweden
691 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 18:25:41
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Originally posted by serenata
Don't fall victim to the media brainwash...
I must admit I´m afraid I´ve already fallen into the shallow mediatrap. And it´s too damn deep to get up from.
How I wish I could just relax and think about how nice old people really look with all the wrinkles and stuff, but honestly -it scares me to death! I´m trying to find the best product aginst wrinkles now already, sleep well, eat right etc. I´m such a geek, if I hear Jennifer Aniston is eating Silicol beauty or Naomi Campbell Imedeen I must try it too. Now I heard Sophia Loren takes baths in olive oil...
I know... ridiculous really.
Like there aren´t other more important worldissues. |
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Jack
Belgium
384 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 18:42:43
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Hmm Babylon,
thats the reason why you removed your pics from the Zone. LOL |
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jojo
United Kingdom
40 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 19:22:58
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| Babylon - you are 29. Relax. It gets worse! |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2006 : 13:48:16
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Babylon I am 46 soon, and feel the best yet! I wouldnt want to be a teenager. I am so much happier in my skin. Going to the Gambian villages did me alot of good. Put things we worry about in perspective!!!
So are you on the maple syrup diet that jolo has just done?!
Dont fall for it! Lifes too short! |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2006 : 13:56:13
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| serenata, have a great time, remember to pack a change of clothes for you and to use all the other suitcase space for gifts. honestly. Have they sent you their wish list yet. the rain season is okay, but there are some amazing the ground shakes. |
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sab
United Kingdom
912 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2006 : 15:35:16
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Lucky you Serenata - We have just had to cancel our visit.
My first rainy season found me wanting the toilet during the night-time (probable more fluid intake) - with panties on & towel wrapped around the waist I was to navigate the outside loo over the hardcore that had just been put down toward the open facility. But the biggest obstacles came later with torch in one hand, strong umbrella in the other, towel wanting to slip down - the rain making the lino in the open ground toilet & flip-flops slippery – then came the crucial moment – and voice called “you o.k.” I just dissolved into laughter at my emergency & realized I was a mere apprentice in an act of nature!
Any of you ladies been caught out on a first in a foreign country that your not used too?
Safe journey,
regards,
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The world would be a poorer place if it was peopled by children whose parents risked nothing in the cause of social justice, for fear of personal loss. (Joe Slovo - African revolutionary) |
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jojo
United Kingdom
40 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2006 : 17:09:35
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| maple syrup? what you on abot Gambiabev? |
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Babylon
Sweden
691 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 11:17:32
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Right, the maple syrup diet... I heard Beyonce used it and lost 6,5 kg in 10 days...
Luckily I´m not into diets, eating properly (and healthy) is important for me .
Your body is your temple and should be well taken care of. |
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serenata
Germany
1400 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 11:31:42
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Sab ! Your story reminds me of my 'nice' show in India: A sudden heavy rain, and no umbrella. Within seconds I looked like 'Miss Wet T-Shirt'. The people of Varanasi laughed a lot; I think it was VERY funny to see me running home, trying to cover the important parts...  I hope I'll do better on my first rainy season in Gambia.
Thank you all; I'll try to post from Gambia! |
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Formby
United Kingdom
246 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 16:53:19
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You will enjoy it so much! I too love the rainy season; the rainbows, the lightning shows in the night sky, the biblical rainfalls, the greenery. Landing in Banjul during rainy, you think the pilot has diverted to Ireland, it's so green! All the tourist things are shut down (except a few, maybe Ali Babas I think) and Sundays on the beach is when everyone comes out to play. I might be wrong but I suspect the tourist police don't hassle the locals about being on the beach so much. Oh and the mangoes are pretty good right now.
Did anyone who lives in or near London go to the Out of Africa festival in Haggerston park yesterday? Some great music, food, acrobatics, fire eating, wrestling and stalls. Sadly the weather wasn't remotely African and it was rather sparsely attended. |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
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Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 18:03:02
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| Wat!!! To be in The Gambia during the rainy season is the worst time for me lots of mosquitoes,flies,pool of dirty water in every street,bad roads with lots of holes as if there was a Tank bombing the road, etc.sorry but its a fact lets face it. |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 19:07:43
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lemontime i am with you on that one, those mosiquitos have a field day.
I wish i had known about the Out of Africa event, sounded great. |
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