13 May

The ferry started boarding at 6.30am, after very little sleep we were all awake and ready

The crossing to Banjul, the Gambian capital, took about 40 minutes and we were soon on the busy streets

All we had was a half hour journey to our destination, at all the checkpoints on the way we were waved through no questions

Once off the main road through Bakau we had about 300 metres of sand to get through, but it wasn't too deep

Miles covered: 9