Tuesday, our stop was in Banjul, the capital of the country of The Republic of The Gambia. It is the smallest country in mainland Africa. It is 300 miles long and 31 miles wide at it'd widest point. It is surrounded by Senegal on 3 sides. We were here in 2023 but did not do any excursions that time. Our excursion this time was "Abuko Nature Reserve".
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| Th moon was shining brightly |
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| First signs of sunrise |
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| Venus shining brightly |
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| A bright spot forming |
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| Haze and Sahara Desert sand partially obstructing view of sun rising |
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| The pier where we will dock |
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| Many small fishing boats along the shoreline |
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| A Black Kite caring something |
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| There was entertainment for us on the pier |
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| Vendors setting up |
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| More fishing boats down he shoreline |
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| Some of the vendor's booths |
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| The gangway getting set up. |
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| Passengers going ashore. |
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| Scenes on the way to the Nature Preserve |
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| At our destination |
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| Black Kite flying over |
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| On the trails of the preserve |
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| An Egret |
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| An African Jacana |
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| A Great Egret |
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| African Darters |
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| A closeup of one of the Darters |
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| A stream of large ants across a trail |
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| A Northern Red-billed Hornbill |
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| A large spider on it's web |
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| A Western Plantain-eater |
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| 2 of the Western Plantain-eaters together |
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| A Hooded Vulture |
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| Monkeys running loose |
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| And some that are here for rehabilitation are in cages. |
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| One for the free running ones on top of the caged ones |
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| One of the caged ones reaching for some food just beyond it's reach. |
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| Another Hooded Vulture |
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| A Hyena that is in a re-habilitation cage |
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| A vulture showing off it's wings |
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| An African Grey Hornbill. |
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| On the trails |
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| Exiting the preserve to return to the bus |
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| Along the way back to the ship |
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| A sports field |
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| Nearing the port area |
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| Into the port |
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| Entertainment was still going on. |
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| Getting ready to leave |
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| Sailing away |
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| Many small boats around |
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| Elegant Terns flying around |
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| And diving into the sea |
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| The haze was getting stronger |
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| Sunset approaches |
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| Sunset glow off the smokestack and communications domes |
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| Good night |
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