A day of doing very little at Mandina Lodges
Our last day in The Gambia
15.04.2019 - 15.04.2019
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Galavanting in The Gambia 2019
on Grete Howard's travel map.
Having foregone the early morning coffee delivered to our room this morning, we sleep in until we wake naturally, and wander down to breakfast when we are ready.
We choose the full works today:
Fresh fruit, fruit juice and coffee
Continental selection: bread, jam and butter – as always there is too little butter, it seems to be the same all over the world!
Full English: eggs of choice (I have vegetable, cheese and chilli omelette), bacon sausage, baked beans and tomato. I am rather surprised to be offered bacon in an Islamic country – I am assuming the chef is not a practising Muslim.
The day is spent between the shade on our private terrace with a book (and my camera by my side, just in case); on the bed in the cool room with a book; in the bar with a cold drink and a book; and in the pool cooling off - without a book.
Egret on the neighbours' deck
Western Plantain Eater
Common Bulbul
African Palm Swift
Western Plantain Eaters
Common Bulbul
Channelling my creative side...
I love the artwork dotted around the grounds.
Dinner
Our last night here at Mandina Lodges is as uneventful as the day has been.
Prawns in Black Bean Sauce with Noodles
The fish cakes are disappointing as they seem to be mostly potato, but the home made tartare sauce is delicious
Apple Fritter with Ice Cream - or rather ice cream with apple fritter
And so it is off to bed.
Posted by Grete Howard 11:33 Archived in Gambia Tagged birds book breakfast africa dinner swimming pool birding egret creative artwork prawns west_africa bulbul gambia omelette bird_watching bacon swift the_gambia plantain_eater makasutu makasutu_forest full_english_breakfast continental_breakfast reading_a_book manidian_lodges creative_side fish_cakes
You deserve a slow day after all the adventures.
by littlesam1