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Gambia - hole in the wall cash machines?
Has anyone discovered a "hole in the wall"
that actually produces cash in this country? My attempts in Bakau/Banjul/Serrakunda & Kololi last year produced nothing but regretful smiles from the staff. My bank (Nat. West) has no suggestions... TIA -- tom |
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Gambia - hole in the wall cash machines?
I vaguely remember a machine in the lobby area of a fancy hotel in
Banjul somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't remember the name of the hotel. I could be confusing this with a machine in a hotel lobby somewhere else, but for some reason, I think it was Banjul. (there is a statue of an elephant with an outstretched trunk in front of the pub/coffee shop area of the hotel if that helps...) Sorry about being so vague :-) Marc - Johannesburg. On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:10:15 +0100, Tom wrote: Has anyone discovered a "hole in the wall" that actually produces cash in this country? My attempts in Bakau/Banjul/Serrakunda & Kololi last year produced nothing but regretful smiles from the staff. My bank (Nat. West) has no suggestions... TIA |
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Gambia - hole in the wall cash machines?
I vaguely remember a machine in the lobby area of a fancy hotel in
Banjul somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't remember the name of the hotel. I could be confusing this with a machine in a hotel lobby somewhere else, but for some reason, I think it was Banjul. (there is a statue of an elephant with an outstretched trunk in front of the pub/coffee shop area of the hotel if that helps...) Sorry about being so vague :-) Marc - Johannesburg. On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:10:15 +0100, Tom wrote: Has anyone discovered a "hole in the wall" that actually produces cash in this country? My attempts in Bakau/Banjul/Serrakunda & Kololi last year produced nothing but regretful smiles from the staff. My bank (Nat. West) has no suggestions... TIA |
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Gambia - hole in the wall cash machines?
Hi,
In three years of travelling to Gambia I have never found a hole in the wall that works. You can get a credit advance on your credit card by going into the bank but it takes upto 7 days and it is not cheap. What I tend to do is take a small amount of cash and use my credit card for paying for meals and paying for trips. I have found I can exist on £50 cash for a week doing it that way. Food on top of course. Im going in a couple of months time and will be visiting a school and then going up country. In prep for doing three months work in Bakau. Yours Andy "Tom" wrote in message ... Has anyone discovered a "hole in the wall" that actually produces cash in this country? My attempts in Bakau/Banjul/Serrakunda & Kololi last year produced nothing but regretful smiles from the staff. My bank (Nat. West) has no suggestions... TIA -- tom |
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Gambia - hole in the wall cash machines?
Hi,
In three years of travelling to Gambia I have never found a hole in the wall that works. You can get a credit advance on your credit card by going into the bank but it takes upto 7 days and it is not cheap. What I tend to do is take a small amount of cash and use my credit card for paying for meals and paying for trips. I have found I can exist on £50 cash for a week doing it that way. Food on top of course. Im going in a couple of months time and will be visiting a school and then going up country. In prep for doing three months work in Bakau. Yours Andy "Tom" wrote in message ... Has anyone discovered a "hole in the wall" that actually produces cash in this country? My attempts in Bakau/Banjul/Serrakunda & Kololi last year produced nothing but regretful smiles from the staff. My bank (Nat. West) has no suggestions... TIA -- tom |
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Gambia - hole in the wall cash machines?
Hi,
In three years of travelling to Gambia I have never found a hole in the wall that works. You can get a credit advance on your credit card by going into the bank but it takes upto 7 days and it is not cheap. What I tend to do is take a small amount of cash and use my credit card for paying for meals and paying for trips. I have found I can exist on £50 cash for a week doing it that way. Food on top of course. Im going in a couple of months time and will be visiting a school and then going up country. In prep for doing three months work in Bakau. Yours Andy "Tom" wrote in message ... Has anyone discovered a "hole in the wall" that actually produces cash in this country? My attempts in Bakau/Banjul/Serrakunda & Kololi last year produced nothing but regretful smiles from the staff. My bank (Nat. West) has no suggestions... TIA -- tom |
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Gambia - hole in the wall cash machines?
In article , Andrew Renshaw
writes Hi, In three years of travelling to Gambia I have never found a hole in the wall that works. You can get a credit advance on your credit card by going into the bank but it takes upto 7 days and it is not cheap. What I tend to do is take a small amount of cash and use my credit card for paying for meals and paying for trips. I have found I can exist on £50 cash for a week doing it that way. Food on top of course. Im going in a couple of months time and will be visiting a school and then going up country. In prep for doing three months work in Bakau. Yours Andy "Tom" wrote in message ... Has anyone discovered a "hole in the wall" that actually produces cash in this country? My attempts in Bakau/Banjul/Serrakunda & Kololi last year produced nothing but regretful smiles from the staff. My bank (Nat. West) has no suggestions... TIA -- tom Hi. Many thanks for the replies. This will be my fourth visit to The Gambia. I really must look into the possibility of opening an account with a Gambian bank which I can feed cash into from the UK. I'm doing voluntary work with some nursery schools - teaching teachers, fund raising, that sort of thing. I stayed in Bakau the first time I visited, more recently staying in a village near Lamin. As this will be the rainy season I'm basing myself in Kololi - I'm an old man and like some comfort! Best wishes for your trip. -- tom |
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