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Ashton's Gambia - part 2 of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

by Jonathan Ashton Published 01/02/2011

A full passport with more than six months' validity is required; you will also need immunisation for yellow fever, tetanus, hepatitis c, polio, diphtheria and tablets for the prevention of malaria. I took sterling travellers cheques along with £50 worth of Dalasis - you will get a better exchange rate in your hotel. As might be expected there is a range of hotels ranging from what might be loosely referred to as 2* to 5* rating; comparatively speaking, costs are low. Hotel food ranges from fair to very good, though it may prove highly repetitive - so the answer is go to the hotel next door or to a well-frequented restaurant.

Photographic Equipment

There is something in the region of 500 species of birds to be found in The Gambia and almost everywhere you look or travel there are birds to be seen. I went primarily to photograph birds, followed by insects, then reptiles and a few mammals. I also wanted to capture images of the people and the country when possible. I used some very simple logic, reasoning that it was unlikely that I would be revisiting in the foreseeable future I decided to maximise my photographic opportunities; if I took most of my equipment I could use it and if I didn't - well I couldn't!

The list of equipment taken is as follows:
Canon 50D, Canon 7D, Canon 500mm F4 L, Canon 100-400L, Canon
180mm L, Canon 14-40mm L, Canon 28-105, Canon 1.4 and 2.0 extenders,
Canon 550 EX flashgun, Canon extension tubes, a right-angle finder, two
batteries for the 7D, and four for the 50D.

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