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A date with a touch of The Gambia.

In The Gambia, you can keep a date simple with a shared dish, kora music, a market or a break on a safe riverbank.

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4 plans you can actually try.

Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.

Combine two local ideas

Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.

Go out and taste something

  1. A market basket by the river

    Visit a locally recommended market and choose two ingredients for a simple lunch or picnic somewhere it is allowed.

  2. Domoda for two

    Find a Gambian domoda recipe and cook a peanut and vegetable stew together.

Try two new things

  1. Listen to the kora

    Choose recordings by two Gambian kora players and listen to how the melodies differ.

  2. Birds in a park

    Choose an accessible public park and try to notice five bird calls or colours together without approaching any animals.

Try two new things

  1. Domoda for two

    Find a Gambian domoda recipe and cook a peanut and vegetable stew together.

  2. Listen to the kora

    Choose recordings by two Gambian kora players and listen to how the melodies differ.

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You can also try these ideas in The Gambia. Choose a place that suits you and check what is available locally.

Indoors
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Outdoors
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Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Market breakfastEach buy one ingredient at a market and make breakfast together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Spring playlist walkEach choose five songs and take turns listening to them during a walk.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Ice cream flavor juryTry two different ice cream flavors together and give each your own rating.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Harvest market tastingChoose two seasonal products at a market that you haven't tasted together before.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE An autumn playlist walkEach make a short playlist for a walk around your neighborhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Small-budget challengeGive each other a small agreed amount and use it to come up with a snack date together.View the idea
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