Hello,
        I have recently joined The Gambia List.  My name is Jane and my
husband, Yusupha, is from Allunhari near Basse.  Since joining the list, I
have been interested and instructed (and saddened, too) reading the
exchange on politics and the economy in The Gambia.  I am learning a lot
about my adopted second country -- to supplement the utter enchantment I
felt when I visited last year for 3 weeks.

        My question has to do with a building project we have planned.
Being enchanted, we bought a small piece of property in Sukuta, Kombo
District.  Our plan/dream is to build something like a Bed-and-Breakfast
Compound.  I'd like to use traditional architectural methods as well as
ecologically friendly technologies (straw bale construction?).  If anyone
has any experience with planning/building, I'd love to hear from you.  I
wonder about issues like zoning, building requirements and permits,
acquiring architectural plans, finding contractors -- and doubtless any
number of other issues that, as a novice both culturally and in building
matters, I haven't even considered.

        You can respond off list, if you wish, at <[log in to unmask]>.

Thank you and best wishes to you.  May there be peace in the new year.

Jane Warner Dukuray

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Jane Warner Dukuray
Seattle, Washington

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