For our last full day in The Gambia, we spent some time by the pool before heading for a long walk along the beach. We went to Senegambia to take some money out but turns out the cash machine had not been filled enough to allow us to take out more than 3000 Dalasi - about £45! Luckily, we were next to a bank, and were able to just pop in there for some, but for a moment, it was a real frightening feeling.

During our walk, we came across a limping dog - really a sad situation as they were just left to it here. We were also accosted by a local who spotted Joe's bites and explained that they were distinct 'susula' bites. He insisted that susula and mosquitoes were very different, and that a susula bite can cause high fever. Being that he was the second person to comment and recommend some 'talato' cream for treatment, (and the first guy wasn't even trying to sell it, just recommended it) we bought some. He ushered us off the beach towards his village, and we just had to stand there with him while his mate ran to fetch some talato. After about 10 minutes, we told him we didn't want to stand around waiting, and continued our walk. However, about 5 minutes later, he came running down the beach with some, so we took our chances.

We met Seni at the beach bar at which he works, and it was lovely to sit down with the boys after he summoned Pa. Although lovely, it became a bit much when they were constantly saying our names and looking at us smiling as they repeatedly spoke at us saying we are a family and we are good people and the like. We popped to the other end of the beach to Oscar's for lunch and on our way back, called in at Pa's juice stand for our last juice. We were glad to relax for the rest of the afternoon by the pool though. As we approached the hotel, we spotted William, who had given us a present (a bracelet with our names in them). He said he was happy to have met us; what a nice gesture we thought.

We had dinner at Hot Rock again, and had the most epic time with Landing. He was such an inspirational lad - and explained how his compound had no electricity and sometimes his mum would wait awake for him, but if the battery that powered the house ran out, she would not wait for him in the dark.

He also told us how his mode of transport is a bike, and that he sometimes gets pulled over by police who give him a hard time for having no light - this was something that hit Joe hard, especially when Landing explained that he held a torch in his hand just to avoid a telling off from the police. We told him we would send him a bike light. He also gave us a gift of a bracelet each and was so happy to offer it to us. We had a fantastic evening with him and the other staff and are going to miss the burgers and Gambia massively.

A lovely last full day !