Another Christmas in the Gambia. This time we were back at the strip staying in the Holiday Beach Club hotel. This meant shorter walks to Awa for our daily ration of fruit at lunchtime. By now the area of beach with sunbeds on had shrunk considerably due to coastal erosion, but we had Solomon to make sure our beds were available to us. Daily walks and trips onto the strip to eat—particularly at Ali Baba’s-made up what was a very relaxing holiday.