A Gambian fisherman comes to check the river condition from the bank of the River Gambia at the village of Bambali, The Gambia © Jason Florio
Lopiz Jarju is one of the few full-time sailors to work on the River Gambia in The Gambia. He works for the Gambia Groundnut Corporation on one of their tugboats, which pull barges with 100 tonne loads of peanuts from upcountry loading centers to a processing plant near to where the river meets the Atlantic ocean at the capital, Banjul © Jason Florio
A group of men use a pontoon to ferry a generator by hand along a remote section of the River Gambia in Senegal. The generator will be used to pump water through a large pipe from the river up the very steep banks to irrigate banana plantations that flank the river. © Jason Florio
To see more of Florio’s River Gambia Expedition – a new series of images – please visit his website: floriophoto.com
We have so many more photos and road and river stories to share, from three months of travelling in three West African countries…stick with us
The Florios (‘H’ & ‘Flo’)
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Gold miners take a break near their mine shafts in South East Senegal. The mine shafts can exceed 10 meters deep and collapses and resulting deaths are frequent.© Jason Florio
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