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Gambia is simply different | Crazy fish market and birthday
April 27, 2026 · 28 min · 90K views · Dakar
Fishermen haul crates through surf at Gambia’s market beach
What this video covers
Leonie celebrates her 28th birthday in Gambia while the sailing crew of Blue Horizon explores the country's mangrove anchorages, villages, and fish market.▶ 17:25 The boat is anchored at Lamin Lodge, a well-known stop for West Africa coastal sailors, set in a sheltered mangrove bay where several other sailing boats lie.▶ 3:07 Ashore, the crew discovers that oyster harvesting employs roughly 1,000 people in Gambia, with some 7,000 tonnes of oysters processed annually — the shells ground into powder for white paint, cement, and fertilizer.▶ 5:50 Mangrove reforestation projects, including German-funded ones, are active in the area.▶ 6:09 A local guide leads the crew to the Elephant Tree, Gambia's largest tree, which was historically used for ceremonies.▶ 9:55 At Tanji, a local named Ji takes the crew to Gambia's largest fish market, where boats land fresh catch that is filleted, smoked, and distributed inland.▶ 22:05 Boat-builders at the market construct wooden hulls using mahogany, steel rods, and a waterproofing mix of sawdust, polyester resin, and petrol.▶ 23:49 On the beach, Thilo rides a horse at a gallop for the first time.▶ 18:43 English as Gambia's common language removes the communication barrier the crew faced in Senegal.▶ 13:52
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