Friday, 26 February 2010

Rugby Game

This morning Paul took himself off to La Parisienne, myself and the children followed shortly behind. When we arrived Paul was deep in conversation with a guy called Nigel after a quick introduction he told us he had come out here for five years to set up a business in media. He used to work for the BBC and has made some short films, he is hoping to do the same here. He has even offered to do a short film on introducing rugby to the Gambia much to Paul’s delight, free of charge.

This afternoon we all went along to watch Paul coaching a rugby team in Serrekunda. We had to be there for 3 o’clock so we made our way by gelleh to Westfield junction then had to jump on another gelleh to take us to the buffer zone in Serrekunda. We made our way to the football ground where they would be playing. Quite a few of the guy’s were already there getting changed. After a quick introduction Paul started to change this was when he realised that he didn’t have his wallet, at some point he had lost it from leaving the gelleh. His wallet contained a little money, credit cards, VSO and residency alien cards. He decided to continue with the coaching with the plan to call at the police station on Kariba Avenue on our way home. The team made their way to the pitch and the game started. Whilst this was happening the footballers were warming up ready for their game. Bakau were playing Seaview, there was already a small crowd waiting to watch. Thirty minutes later the rugby match had finished and the football team took to the pitch. We stayed to watch the kick off before making our exit.










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