After a long day at the office

I went walking on the beach after work the other day and I thought, you know, living this close to a beach, I kind of forget how cool it is that I can just come out here all the time.  I'm lucky.  I work across the street from the beach in a place where it is not really ever miserable weather for walking on the beach. 

I live in a pretty cool place, I'll admit it.

 There are no tourists now.  Its like there was a ban on tourists after a couple of weeks ago.  I was the only one on the beach besides a group of boys playing soccer and a fisherman who lives there.  The fisherman told me about a possible route that I could start walking part of the way home on the beach.  The route might double the distance home, but its at least twice as pretty.

You're in.

Welcome into the house. This is my living room.

I have a couch, a coffee table, 3 chairs, 2 light bulbs, a ceiling fan, a couple of outlets, and a huge set of shelves complete with a mirror! All came with the house.

This room is way bigger than my old house!

Made in China

One of the most consistently entertaining things in The Gambia is the lack  of editing on products, papers, signs, etc.  The products are possibly the most entertaining and not Gambia's fault. If you thought that everything in America was made in China, the percentage can't even compare with here. I guess Chinese companies figure that if a significant portion of the West African population is illiterate, they can put their least literate staff in the copy room to write for products bound for West Africa.

Here is a brief introduction to my collection of entertaining examples of complete lack of editing.  Two things I have bought lately:

 I needed a pair of sandals while I was in Senegal and couldn't pass up this badly edited pair.  The picture above and below came from the same shoe.  Note: In the above picture, China takes credit for their workmanship.

Got some hangers for my work-wear.  I wouldn't have thought that hangers needed a cautionary note, but how else would they have fit this many English mistakes onto the package?

Inside the Fortress

Looking out from the porch.

  From the outside looking in.

Nice place right? The old place was nice, but its just not quite like the new one.