Animals!

While I haven’t seen a hippo or a hyena, or other exotic animals yet, I have had some fun experiences that I thought I’d share. We went to Bijilo National Park – which was really just a series of trails through a wooded area, but the fun part was the monkeys. Although not native to Gambia they were great to see anyways. For some peanuts they’d even come right up to you & take them from your hand. So cute & cuddly it almost makes you want to take one home with you….almost.

Another adventure lead us to Kachikally Crocodile Pool – which was mostly a swamp with a fence around it & a few small buildings with local artifacts & musical instruments. The main attraction as you can imagine are the crocodiles & they were docile enough to pet. Kind of a crazy thing – petting a crocodile….I even gave one a handshake for good measure.

There are these cute little lizards all over the place. We see them everyday just climbing the walls & playing in the trees. Gabou said he’d pick one up for a picture, but I just preferred to let them run around & try to catch a quick picture instead. As for other friendly creatures there are chickens, sheep, goats, dogs & cats that seem to just roam the streets freely. We even have an adorable little rooster that helps wake us up every morning…ugh!