We were woken in the early hours of the morning by an animal cry we later discovered it to be a hyena. I felt much better and managed to eat a breakfast of tapalapa and jam and plenty of tea. We left the hotel at 8.30am and headed back towards the reserve gates. On route we kept looking for the evasive lion, unfortunately we didn’t spot any only the usual baboon or warthog crossing the road. On dropping off our guide we headed towards Tambacounda. After an hours drive there was a problem with the jeep, lights on the dashboard for the battery were lighting up, we had to pull over. We all got out of the jeep to stretch our legs and find some shade under some trees. This could be quite bad as we were in the middle of no where with no villages close by and few vehicles on the road. Luckily for us the driver was also a mechanic so after a fifteen minute wait the jeep was restarted and we were back on track.
We made good time arriving at Tambacounda just before midday, this was the route we should have taken on Thursday. Crossing the city we picked up the main road and headed towards the village of Koungheul where we would cross the border back into Gambia. The road proved to be very good and we covered the distance in half the time if only we had known this on Thursday. We arrived at Koungheul and asked directions to which we were sent across country to the border post at Maka-Gouye on route passing little villages and children running out to greet us. With our passports stamped we left Senegal entering Gambia and headed for the village of Wassau.
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