Essentials to live in Gambia

Hi Christine,
1. It's Very Cheap in The Gambia, the Change at Moment 59 Dalasis, to £..
2. Def have a suitcase, to start, You can get everythings You can them in TG..!!!
3. Get a Line House, about from 800 D, to 3,000 D.
4. Get away to The Real Gambia....
5. I have a Linehouse, 2 Bedrooms, Big Parlour, Veranda, Kitchen, Toilet, and Shower.
About a £300 Rent a Year, Yes That is the Price for The Linehouse.....!!!!!
Opp',s The Price for a Month, 1,500 Dalsi..
Rich....

Hi, sorry to ask but what's a Linehouse ? Shaz

That should say linehouse

What is a line house I want to know as well

A Linehouse is like a Bungalow, But come in Joined from 1 to over 10, They come in 1 Beds to 4 Bedss
I am Renting a 2 Bed Linehouse, costs me 1,750d a Month.
Water, 250d Electric about 200d, Gas 400d, a Month, = 1,550d..
It has 2 Bed, Large Parlour, Kitchen, Bathroom Shower and WC, Small Veranda.
Hope that Help's...!!
Rich...

Well small items you can pack that prove quite useful and and are very sellable when you leave, or to give to a helpful family....

A hand torch or a head torch and a supply of AA batteries or small charger and four rechargables

A couple of those 13 amp trailing leads that you can get from a Poundshop.

A can and bottle opener

If you take a mobile one of those boost charge boxes

And any bicycle spares you can carry, you make good young friends that way who know where to get
Delasi at the best rate

And if you are using a laptop and want good wi-fi it is worth going to Gamtel and getting a plug in dongle week/month pay as you go to have your good 24/7 own connection all over.

Musa Ceesay, Registered Tourist Guide/driver based Serekunda, 980 2330 has all these local details to hand.

Have a good trip.  Nightowl.

hello!

how is electricity and water in the Gambia are they available 24/7?

is there portable internet devices so one does not have to have a line in the house like with MTN or Orange?

thanks!

Electric supply around the costal (tourist) areas has been more erratic than normal early 2017.  That does not bother the locals much their consumption in low.  If you are renting  check your hosts have a switch over generator,  usual cut out is hour to two early evening, just when you might need it.  Keep phone batteries, etc well charged, and a battery lantern is a good buy at about 350D Serekunda, Banjul market or others. 

If you want reliable internet service, satatite instellation is the only real answer, some of the better bars are okay, but even the bigger hotels have slow service and just in limited areas.  Real answer is to take your laptop into Gamtel or Africel office,  main road into Serekunda off Bertil Harding Highway,  buy a USB dongle and credit it by the month with a card (from them only)  multiples of 200D chances are their IT guy has do a quick programme download for you, so you got the icon installed, so far no one has charged us "tourists" for that yet... but not that many people bother for 7/10 day visit.
Then you got full internet at a good speed just about anywhere you go.