Bijilo Forest Park

Sunday afternoon we picked up Modou and headed for Bajilo Forest Park (aka. The Monkey Park). A small park about 126 acres of unspoiled, Old Growth palm forest. Some of the Oil Palms here tower well over 100 feet. The guide was very knowledgeable and patient with the Toubab (white person) couple taking pictures of every leaf and twig. We made it through a good bit of the park in a couple hours, saw lots of Green Vervet and Red Colubus Monkeys, a bunch Hornbills and other birds, lizards and butterflies. It was a great little trip that I plan on repeating to spend a little more time with a bigger lens and tripod. Only cost about $8 US for 3 of us including a hefty tip for the guide. We found out the next day that "He who must not be named" has sentenced this beautiful park to be plowed under and developed into a hotel resort.  And as luck would have it, The Gambia has Poison Ivy. And I found it, after the fact so now I have the usual summer breakout head to toe.