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jambo
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 Posted - 10 May 2006 : 20:47:26
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if i go to gambia late june/july will it be the rainy season, I had planned some trips to the rural areas. Farafenni, Jufreh and Georgetown. The roads roung on a dry sunny day, hate to think what they would be like during the rainy season.
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 May 2006 : 21:10:07
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I THINK the rainy season will have started. It will be humid and lots of mossis........ Tourist season is Oct to May for a reason!!!
I want to have a trip in rainy season sometime. Gambia is beautiful then..and quiet...also you will bring dls at a time when they are really needed. |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2006 : 08:57:25
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Are you sure the rainy season starts that early, they would not hold the roots festival and AU during rainy season. Another reason the tourist season is oct to may is economics. from may to september tourists have other sunny destinations to go to. Children are on holiday, packages are cheap and plentiful, think turkey, greece, spain portugal. In October they are quiet.
I do agree that to travel out of season is nice. what I do not understand is the costs. Not one hotel changes their prices. It will be 1000 dls a night to stay at cape point hotel. Someone on the bantaba made a point that few of the hotels can be booked online. Yes you can do a deal before yu travel but your phone bill will be high. |
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Jack
Belgium
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2006 : 16:18:31
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Oh dear Jede, you really are addicted! |
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Jack
Belgium
384 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2006 : 16:33:52
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| Is there a cure for that kind of addiction (not another website please) |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2006 : 16:39:11
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Well there are 2 ways with addictions....'cold turkey' ie no Bantaba or Gambian web sites for a month!
Or the other choice is to feed the obsession ie lots and lots of holidays to Gambia to get it out of your system!
Sorry, but in bad cases like yours and mine...nothing appears to work.
You have to learn to live with it as part of your life. |
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dave
Ireland
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Posted - 15 May 2006 : 13:18:45
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I was in Gambia last July (2nd week) and the "rainy season" had just begun. It rains mainly at night time for a couple of hours and is truly spectacular - the lightning storms are an amazing sight!!!. Gambiabev is right about the mossis,indeed all sorts of bugs make their appearance. It didnt bother me too much but Im sure it would not be to the taste of some. The tourist area was very quiet, the beach almost deserted, it was wonderful!!!
When I first visited Gambia I wondered why the season was so short and then I realised that Gambia Experience controlled the entire market. Thats changing though and for the past 2 years a Spanish tour operator has been bringing in tourists during the summer. |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 15 May 2006 : 14:18:16
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dave that is interesting about the spanish tourist market when i was last there found that some east european companies mainly travel agents were on a fact finding mission there hopefullythey will come. Anything that breaks the GE tour operator helps. I do think some of the hotel could reduce the prices and allow people to book online.
Jede stick with the addiction. |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 15 May 2006 : 19:28:13
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| You can book online......with gambia experience, thomas cook etc.....but I dont think it is any cheaper...... |
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