Joanne's Gambia blog

Some days just don't go the way you planned. You know those kind of days. Everybody has them, but some are more interesting than othe...

When you live in Africa you have to be ready for anything! Sometimes that means being ready for the snake that's curled up on your fron...

Volcanoes and floods and ferries, oh my! I am back in The Gambia again! I had to change my flight because of the volcano in Iceland and th...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I wrote a wonderful, insightful post a few minutes ago, but the internet gremlins snatched it away before I co...

On Friday, January 1, 2009 I received word that my mother had been taken to the hospital after a severe stroke and was not expec...

I'm sure many of you have been wondering where I've been and why I haven't been posting on the blog. Well, my internet connecti...

Sometimes when we travel to Banjul as a group, we have strange experiences. With 4 people making purchases to bring back to Ndungu Kebbeh wi...