Ebou Chams father (centre, his mother next to him )and his brothers, sister and her daughter at front, and two friends. Even when I first arrived on my own the first time I was treated almost as a long lost son . I managed to frighten some of the younger children who had never seen a white man . The vast majority of Europeans do not venture into these parts of Gambia which are not on the main tourist routes . I considered myself to be very lucky to have contacts in this part of the Gambia.