This is called Arch 22. It stands over the highway at the entrance to Banjul.On July 22, 1994 Banjul was the scene of a bloodless military coup d'état in which President Dawda Jawara was overthrown and replaced by the country's current President Yahya Jammeh. To commemorate this event, Arch 22 was built as an entrance portal to the capital. The gate is 35 metres tall and the centre of an open square. It houses a textile museum. (From Wikipedia)
This was also taken very close to the Banjul Ferry terminal. It is a place where people meet to have breakfast. As you can see, here are Gambian women with their coffee table selling different kinds of food. What they mostly sell in the morning is coffee, tea, bread and omelets, fried eggs and meat, etc. For all this they have their different prices. For example, a cup of coffee is D6.00. In the afternoon, there are different kinds of food like rice brought to this place.
Banjul Ferry terminal is a very busy and crowded place where different people meet for work. The ferry crosses the River Gambia from Banjul to Barra. Specially those that work or have boats that also cross to Barra meet under these coconut trees for rest. Along the side of the beach, there are many coconut trees that provide shade for people that wish to come to the beach for relaxing and swimming.
This is along Bone Road which is also an entrance to the capital city Banjul. Along the sea bank, there are many boats which are locally made by carpenters. These boats are locally known as gals in Wolof language. These gals are commonly used by nakapats (fishermen) for fishing. In the Gambia,the tribe well known for fishing are the Serer.They use these gals to go out to the sea for fishing.
Down the road on the right just past the red building is the Albert Market, the main market in Banjul. Banjul is the capital of The Gambia and is about 10 kilometers north of Serrekunda.
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