• Michael SpiesEagles fly, deserts call!Michael Spies
    Someday when I am big, I'm going to be a "Hells Angel!"
    Funnily enough this sheep is totally relaxed at 60kphThe team running out camp site in georgetownIf the taxi won't go, the customers have to pushSlavehouse in Georgetown.Reminding us of the incredible things the British did during colonialism.A new generation of proud black women

    And now into "The Gambia" we go!

    January 16 in Senegal ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C

    A stream of colours and activity. This is Africa as I love it. ❤️
    We arrive in Georgetown (Janjanbureh), a small island in the Gambia river from where slaves from the deeper regions of Africa were shipped to the coast. This horrific piece of British history popps up again and again and is very much alive in the consciousness of local people. No country had slavery so thoroughly organised as the British.Read more