It was the beginning of October. Hot, wet and sticky on the coast of The Gambia — the smallest country in mainland Africa, dominated by the great, brown river that accounts for more than a tenth of its area and runs for over 1,100 km from Guinea, through Senegal and The Gambia to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Gambia itself is only about 330 km long from East to West, and just over 48 km wide at its widest point. So when Nana Tawiah suggested that it would be fun to cycle from Basse to Fajara (a trifling 370 km, but rather longer than the length of the country) several of his friends and colleagues thought that it sounded like a reasonable idea.
Now read on...,
