Hope Vol House, Huge House+room, Rm 3, by the Sea

Upstairs accommodation, huge house, great water pressure, pretty good electricity supply, very secure house and compound, adjacent to restaurants, local markets, a supermarket and beaches. Walk to the Croc pond, 1 ride to Banjul or Serekunda Market or Westfield, 2 rides to central Tourist Strip. Please note, this is Guest House is in the grounds of a Specialist Ministry that focuses on the sex industry. Therefore,we are very selective in who we accept bookings from, and heavy drinkers, smokers are unable to stay with us. We hope you understand. If you want to have visitors, you can meet with them in our 1000 book library which has its own street entrance. There are only 4 guest rooms so its doesnt get weird or crowded and all guests are tourists of home we are very careful who we say yes to :D Dining, Kitchen, laundry, lounges, and grounds. PLEASE note: Cash Power is the system everyone has to use in The Gambia, allow about D250 Dalasi a week ($5, 4 quid etc) Samaritana Gambia staff are usually around outside, and the Operations Director normally rents the 4th Bedroom in the Guest House. See above, plus lots of crafts and the fishing village is very close too, without the smell being all over the area. You can sit and have a drink from a bar situated above where the boats come in, a very colourful event. Taxis and vans go past the front door, and local rides are just D8 (about 15P, or .2 of a Euro or about the same in usd20c. Private taxi trips can vary but average about D200 around the tourist area or upto D400 for longer trips (7 pound, 6 Euro or 8usd FYI usual rates in season are USD 1= Dalasi 50, 1 Euro = D55, and GBP 1 = 65 We have some important house rules because we share the compound with a shelter for sexual abuse survivors. We hope that you will be able follow them? Drinking onsite or drunkenness is incompatible with being a guest Blaspheming in a Muslim country inside a locally owned Christian compound is also incompatible with being a guest Guests unfortunately are not allowed to have any visitors on site, however the library is a pleasant place to use (at any time) if you want to meet up with friends. A security deposit is required as we have had some seemingly nice but leave more than a mess guests (occasional breakages are normal, but when its far worse than that) we have reluctantly decided to have a D3,000 bond, sorry.