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delwynshd

its not the most popular resort on the island, bit secluded. But if its quiet your after then its a great deal i agree, good spot!

delwynshd

just to let you guys know, the money saver looking for a holiday has booked to FUE on the 3rd of december from Bristol 199pp SC

Any

bcl999 wrote: »

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Would you go back to the Gambia? I went one year instead of my usual winter trip to Red Sea. I didn't know when I booked it was a malaria area but besides that, I don't think I would go back anyway.

Why not? What did you not like?

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delwynsholidaydeals wrote: »

just to let you guys know, the money saver looking for a holiday has booked to FUE on the 3rd of december from Bristol 199pp SC

Nice of them to come back and acknowledge this themselves (Not)after other members had helped out.
Some people on here need to learn some basic manners.

bcl999

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Well, first, I would normally avoid a malaria area as there are so many other places to go where you don't need to take precautions. Plus, although my hotel was 4-star (Atlantic Beach), the food was pitiful. Also, the excursions were way over-priced considering the general economy and wage levels etc. Felt I was being ripped off and the Gambians who were actually running the trips were probably getting a tiny fraction of what I had paid to the operator. I wouldn't have minded so much if I'd thought they were getting a fair proportion.

Any

bcl999 wrote: »

Any
Well, first, I would normally avoid a malaria area as there are so many other places to go where you don't need to take precautions. Plus, although my hotel was 4-star (Atlantic Beach), the food was pitiful. Also, the excursions were way over-priced considering the general economy and wage levels etc. Felt I was being ripped off and the Gambians who were actually running the trips were probably getting a tiny fraction of what I had paid to the operator. I wouldn't have minded so much if I'd thought they were getting a fair proportion.

I know what you mean by Gambians not getting much out of the money you've paid to the operator, but I think you find that in quite a few countries.
Also I have to say I don't mind taking malaria tablets as I wanted to see something different and if that is what comes with it, then you have to do it.. Where do you normaly go?

bcl999

Any wrote: »

I know what you mean by Gambians not getting much out of the money you've paid to the operator, but I think you find that in quite a few countries.
Also I have to say I don't mind taking malaria tablets as I wanted to see something different and if that is what comes with it, then you have to do it.. Where do you normaly go?

A couple of years ago, I was looking to book my usual winter week in Egypt by the Red Sea and saw the Gambia trip and thought it would be a change. I didn't know it was a malaria area and, worse, one of those resistant to the cheaper chloroquine(?) tablets and you need to buy Malarone. They cost about £40 for the week between the private prescription and the tablets themselves. I usually do a week in December in Naama Bay, Sharm, Taba or Nuweiba. Last year, instead, I did a cruise to South Africa through the Med, Suez, along the Red Sea and round the Horn of Africa- the world's worst place for piracy but didn't know that when I booked!

Never been to Goa but am sure you will enjoy it.