Omar had met a young (compared to me :-)) Dutch couple and suggested that they could come along, if I would agree. No problem, it was nice to be with a Dutch couple where the rules of communication are easier. They had been given an old Nikon camera, which I could help them with.
The first stop was at the rice fields. There were many herons: pond herons, cattle egrets and silver herons. More special were taxis to the nearby village: donkey and horse carts with the visitors of the market, and supplies of local food and furniture. At the market the horse carts are left with a large bag of hay. I imagine that this is how it was in the Netherlands 100 years ago. In Gambia I don't have seen two-axle carts, and given the state of the dirt roads I understand that.
There were fewer bee-eaters at the excavation, but during the morning and afternoon trips some nice species were added, a white-rumped seedeater and a grass warbler (winding cisticola).
