So here’s a map of the area.

I’ll be flying from London with Dave on friday (1st of December) to Banjul in Gambia. Also known as The Gambia, it lies along the Gambia River and is completely surrounded by Senegal. - More info on Gambia

The loose idea is to somehow get from there to Conakry, the capital of Guinea by the 14th of December. This is not a part of the journey I’m looking forward to as the guy who wrote the lonely planet, got stopped gunmen in Casamance on the way down there.

He was left to go on his merry way but it’s a bit of reminder that my ruby slippers not fitting me more.

I’ve had an offer of lift from Banjul to Casamance from Seckou Keita’s (www.seckoukeita.com) manager so that’s great. May take them up on that.

It’ll be great to break the journey up and I’m sure Seckou’d know someone to take us the rest of the way too..

Once we get to Guinea we’ll be spending a month with Famoudou Konate (www.Famoudoukonate.com), who’s one of the most famous djembefola’s on this cosmic spaceship.