Gambia Holiday Review - wonderful holiday experience

Submitted by: Linda
Date of travel: 04-February-2008

Returned from The Ocean Bay hotel Cape Point on the 18/02/2008 this was our best holiday ever. We loved the Gambian people even though they are so poor they all manage a great big smile which puts you to shame considering the little things we moan about. We mixed with the people and was invited back to one of the staffs compound, he was so proud of his little place which was only a tin shack but he made us a cup of tea and we felt really welcome. My husband came home with hardly any clothes and shoes he shared them out between the locals they where thrilled to bits. We visited a local school that purely relied on donations to keep it going. tears welled up in our eyes when we met the children they were holing their hands out to us and managed to sing a song to us in English it was fantastic I felt so humbled. I took pencils,chalk and excercise books but next year I shall take more. We met a lovely bell boy named Ebrima he was the nicest person you would ever wish to meet and whenever we went into reception he would come and have a natter with us, he asked us to meet him and his wife and three children that was brilliant he was so proud of his lovely family and we spent a lovely hour chatting and laughing with them, The hotel was spotlessly clean, my only moan was about the lack of tea/coffee making facilities you know what us Brits are like, also the bathroom could do with refurbishing, but I do believe that is on the agenda. My husband and I are talking about going back next year if we can afford it, lets hope we can.