The biggest bag in the world. I've trashed two suitcases getting to The Gambia and back, and the only thing that survived the round trip with a few tears was an old canvas bag of Jeff's so I got another one and thought I'd be cunning by keeping the duck tape and scissors for repairs in an easily accessible outside pocket. Of course the joke was on me - the pocket was the only thing that ripped off, costing me my scissors
Locally made mosquito nets for sale in Farafenni
No breastfeeding taboos here, can you imagine Boots advertising itself like this?
Mustapha the pharmacist
The local tailor....
...language teacher, money changer and vendor of laundry detergent.
Collecting water at the standpipe
The horse I was collecting samples from
This horse was nothing to do with my study, but this guy heard I was taking photos of horses and wanted me to take one of his
Epic Snail!
Epic moth
The Gambia's great for entomologists who've never mastered macro photography
B*stard the ram, who belongs to the Mission gardener and bleats all night "sounding like a child vomitting" as one of the other students aptly put it
Cool speckled arum
Gratuitous Gambian Kitten
And another
Getting a none-too-gentle wash from Mum
Smoky and Midnight find a shady, comfortable place to nap...in the biohazard store, on top of bags of used swabs and sample pots
Wut?
The useless alcove in my room - I think someone must have originally planned to put in shelves or a rail but ran out of energy half way. (Photographed during one of the many power outages).
That's not charcoal on the floor, it's plastic from the office chair in my room which seems to be disintegrating in the heat almost as quickly as I am
A ****load of kettles, purchased by some organised students who got all their souvenir shopping done at once
trapping on the tennis court
Flie pies! The diet I reared my maggots on
The kids from the compound where I sample
All she wanted to do was eat her breakfast
Laundry time
Making local soap, from groundnut oil and bicarbonate of soda (I gave her the nitrile gloves because she said it hurt her hands)
Toubab!
Mission - how could you resist a face like that?
"What's this big shiny thing and why are you sticking it in my face? Can I eat it?"
That antibiotic powder's incredible - when I first arrived that was a big open sore that covered the whole of the back of his ear.
"Play with me! Play with me! Play with me!"
Love the little chap deeply suspicious of this interruption to his breakfast
If you show any interest in photographing a kid someone will "helpfully" pose them for you
Saloum, a really keen biology student who helped me with my fly catches
D with his wife and daughter
Giving me a shirt for Jeff
And a dress for myself
The aunt from Bromley
Shiny shiny forehead
Too much excitement
The state of my legs, and one of the reasons I'm glad to be coming home!
