Jenoi and Keneba
On Tuesday we left the hotel just after 7am made the journey to Banjul in time for the ferry at 8, it was packed as usual and late,from the ferry we drove to Farafennie and then on to another ferry and a short journey to Jenoi Nursery, just a short drive, only seven hours over some very rough roads.
We had a great couple of hours paying the sponsored childrens fees etc and giving out boxes of clothes and sorting out the details for digging the well. we then went to Karamo's compound for a meal of rice and vegetables and then set off for Tendaba where we were spending the night, this is where the roads got really bad and it took until 8pm before we arrived, tired and covered in red dust, luckily Tendaba camp has showers, well a slow drip but we managed to look almost respectable for a meal of coconut soup, chicken yassa ( chicken with bones in an onion sauce) and fresh water melon, then an early night ready for a quick start after a breakfast of bread, cheese and a boiled egg + many cups of coffee.
We left Tendaba at 7.30am and what should have been a one hour drive turned into nearly three hours because of the state of the roads which had been washed away in places. We arrived at Keneba to find that the school had decided to have a day off so we had to go round the village, find the head mistress and get the sponsored children and their parents to the school where we paid the fees and gave the parents money for uniforms, shoes and meals.
We left Keneba at 11am and found that the main road had completely vanished and we were driving over some of the roughest ground we had ever seen some of the potholes were nearly as deep as the car and I hate to think what state the suspension was in by the end of the journey.
We finaly arrived back at our hotel just after 5pm, tired and dirty, had a quick shower a meal and were in bed by 9.30.
We had a great couple of hours paying the sponsored childrens fees etc and giving out boxes of clothes and sorting out the details for digging the well. we then went to Karamo's compound for a meal of rice and vegetables and then set off for Tendaba where we were spending the night, this is where the roads got really bad and it took until 8pm before we arrived, tired and covered in red dust, luckily Tendaba camp has showers, well a slow drip but we managed to look almost respectable for a meal of coconut soup, chicken yassa ( chicken with bones in an onion sauce) and fresh water melon, then an early night ready for a quick start after a breakfast of bread, cheese and a boiled egg + many cups of coffee.
We left Tendaba at 7.30am and what should have been a one hour drive turned into nearly three hours because of the state of the roads which had been washed away in places. We arrived at Keneba to find that the school had decided to have a day off so we had to go round the village, find the head mistress and get the sponsored children and their parents to the school where we paid the fees and gave the parents money for uniforms, shoes and meals.
We left Keneba at 11am and found that the main road had completely vanished and we were driving over some of the roughest ground we had ever seen some of the potholes were nearly as deep as the car and I hate to think what state the suspension was in by the end of the journey.
We finaly arrived back at our hotel just after 5pm, tired and dirty, had a quick shower a meal and were in bed by 9.30.
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