Article: UNDER A WEST AFRICAN SUN For a winter beach holiday with a dash of adventure, head for the Gambian coast, says Henry Wismayer

By the time we pass under the third sign depicting a man getting a leg blown off by a landmine, Lucy is shooting me daggers. In five years of travelling together, my girlfriend and I have always struggled to get it right. Her concept of the perfect break - relaxation, a good book, the occasional indulgence - just isn't that compatible with my travelling ethos, which is the sort that gets you into adventures or, more often, lost.

A beach holiday in West Africa had seemed the perfect compromise. By taking advantage of cheap charter flights to Gambia, we could explore a small wedge of the coast on a budget - plenty of beachside inertia for her, the prospect of less-explored territory for me. ...

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