What $5 can get you in a market in The Gambia, West Africa

[@franzstudentmedina848]

Hi, I'm from Colombia. I have a pension worth 350 US dollars each month. I can live on that budget in The Gambia. Thank you.

[@FREETHINKER_99]

You can live there very well if you don't want to live an extravagant life. I spend 150 dollars a month for all my needs monthly when ever am there , but reseacrh first and you will enjoy that small beautiful country good luck.

[@franzstudentmedina848]

@@FREETHINKER_99 Thanks a lot

[@Makingthemove1]

The only thing is being there myself they out the price up alot when they see our not gambian

[@YawAsafo]

The Gambia 🇬🇲 was one of my considerations when I desired to exit USA. I know that I could live well on my monthly budget there, but I didn't feel as if I had the trusted tried and true support not to be taken advantage of by "SOME" people there. Would love to visit, though.

[@mariamanneh4561]

Yes !! you sure can live there very comfortably.With $350 a month, which is equivalent to D20, 500. which is a lot of money.

[@u000na0]

We used to see you selling in Senegambia and then in Turntable area. Now we see that you are multi talented. Much respect for your hard work ethic.

[@muhammadjarra4847]

Gambia is nice country only 5 ero you able to afforded all this material blessing 🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲

[@chernoceesay490]

Waw that's our village market Tanji thanks for sharing i really miss there and am home sick

[@ansuborrimannehdanso9627]

Hi boy i really miss you

[@Salreviews8]

A good video showing what prices are there in Gambia to buy food in local markets.

[@ismailsanud1161]

its African culture to carry basket when going to the market. love from Malawi

[@mygambiankitchen]

You did great with the $5👏🏾

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you

[@veraaddoyobo8482]

It's good that Gambians don't use too much plastic 👍,this is fantastic, we also do this stew in Ghana

[@timewithbecky]

Thanks for watching

[@theelements7189]

I think you done excellent with 5 dollars. In the us 5 dollars dont even get you half of what you got. I think this is a good exchange.

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you

[@tsirtosky1439]

This was really helpful for me! Just the PERFECT amount of information and showing the process. The video had a very nice pace and you have a wonderful, warm personality for this sort of program. You should have your own tv show!

[@timewithbecky]

Ooh, wow, am glad that it was helpful and you enjoyed it, I will surely look into having my TV show, thank you.

[@mudlanetv4766]

It looks yummy 😋, watching fr Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@Niko-vi1qq]

That meal looks so nice. Watching from Australia

[@Digger967]

Fantastic report, sweet Becky! Thank you....

[@1800BrickCity]

Thanks for great content !

[@MamaCeesay98]

I stumbled upon your channel on my home page, and I clicked. Initially, I thought you were Gambian, but I heard a Ghanaian accent when you were in the market. When you conversed in Wolof, I said, “Maybe she is a Gambian who lived in the U.S.” Thanks for sharing this video. I enjoyed the market trip, and it's amazing how much $5 can get you back home. 🙌🏿

[@timewithbecky]

Welcome!!

[@paulelbey8887]

Great video Becky,food looks great sure like to taste some be blessed.I am a new subscriber

[@timewithbecky]

Thanks for subscribing

[@juliettaylor41]

Looks delicious 😋. Nice market vlog

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you 😋

[@alexyanga913]

Beautiful, I really miss the Gambia

[@timewithbecky]

Thanks for watching

[@anastasiaacheampong4839]

When you said ABOM i knew you were a Ghanaian and your choice of ingredients ❤

[@madambah7944]

Exactly my point. That's not Gambian dish

[@njienjies5293]

U have one subscriber today,I am also a Gambian, living in Italy.

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you for subscribing

[@julietnyame2900]

Nice work..well done Becky 🥰

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you so much 😀

[@joseluisluque9845]

Lovely 😍 video 🎉

[@TegaMartins]

And I hear Gambian music in the background... Makes me miss Gambia even more

[@adamajanneh1998]

Home sweet home. But, I'm shocked to learn of the biting prices of food stuffs inflation has brought about. Wow!

[@juanmonster6232]

Ma Sha Allah

[@user-yu9pq2fo9t]

That looks amazing Becky! I wish I was there and making it with you! Looks very good, but what are all the spices in the mixture?

[@joseluisluque9845]

Lovely

[@sais2452]

Thank you very much I love the video you share.keep it up,but the Gambia is really getting expensive now a days.i doubt the 3 tomatoes 🍅 for ten dalasis with was 1dalasis before

[@edryuwera-hk7xt]

nice one!! I like where Gambia is located I would like to visit Gambia! I'm burundian

[@philomenaasibey1177]

Wow, one of Ghanaian dish.similar preparation

[@victoriabangura1192]

Thanks for sharing sis, yes Gambia too is getting bad

[@IsaidwhatIsaidperiodt.]

Love your content sis ❤

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you

[@jasminevill2208]

I love gombia my friends share this video to me

[@jonward5441]

Thank you for sharing your shopping experience with us! We look forward to more videos of your daily living journey. Your posts are very educational and informative to those of us who will be visiting The Gambia and other West African countries in the coming months.

[@timewithbecky]

You are welcome

[@user-rh6pq5gf6o]

T00 nice. I remember sweet Gambia . Gambia nehna

[@timewithbecky]

Gambia nehna 😊

[@talitamarie5482]

That Looks delicious!

[@timewithbecky]

It is!

[@victorprosper3651]

Good work Becky

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you

[@modoujarra6462]

This is My home town tanji

[@cofiforson5024]

Wow a nice video

[@timewithbecky]

Thanks

[@janetnjie5019]

Hi! Njies get everywhere 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thecocoachanels4414]

Love your videos. #usa

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you!

[@TegaMartins]

WELDONE Darling Such an interesting video 👏👏👏👏

[@timewithbecky]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@user-oy2qg9xz3l]

Perfect video! Thank You! You have talent! Very interesting video! It would be also good idea to make video about present Gambian currency banknotes in circulation because this information is so interesting and rare!

[@Nans2312]

I'm from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This dish looks delicious. I don't think there is a Canadian name for it. My boyfriend is from Brikama The Gsmbia and if I can get these ingredient I will make for him when he joins me in Canada. Thank you for sharing this video. I'm now a big fan of yours.

[@timewithbecky]

Hi @kojifans am not sure if your boyfriend knows this food, it's not a Gambian dish, it's rather a Ghanaian dish. Thank you.

[@ruthtv3873]

Nice program 👍 👏

[@timewithbecky]

Many many thanks

[@MPam1619]

SubhanAllah! How incredible. It looks delicious. Thank you for sharing.

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you so much 😊

[@user-wy4ip8qg4r]

Weldone sis

[@joseluisluque9845]

10 out of 10

[@yakubaconteh3163]

My home town my birthplace in the Gambia Tanji 🇬🇲

[@annaledoux7441]

Becky, do you share the recipes, I appreciate your shopping experience. I will try to learn from you.

[@timewithbecky]

Will share, thanks

[@aissatousylla9172]

Begue n'a dem vidéos amna solo

[@NMLF]

I want to know how kengkeh is made

[@nancynkrumah2845]

It's very expensive compared with Ghana. Aside that, everything you cooked was Ghanaian. I even heard you mention 'abom' for the locally-made stew just as we call it in Ghana. The method is similar. Your 'blender' is also not new to us in Ghana, but in Ghana, we don't usually accompany 'abom' with potatoes. Instead, we use yam, green plantain, cocoyam or cassava. Thank you.

[@tsirtosky1439]

I thought those were yams... even though she didn't call them that.

[@1800BrickCity]

Ghana homes are expensive I hear

[@isatunkara8486]

Now Gambia is getting expensive but nice video girl ❤

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you

[@yombehm4098]

Thanks 🙏 Becky. I love 😘 the video. Wouldn't have known u Ghanaian if u didn't tell. The stew looks delicious 😋. The Gambia is now really getting difficult. The price hike is just ridiculous. Anyways, watching from Gambia

[@timewithbecky]

You are so welcome

[@margueritesaintleger8375]

It’s about time that a native Gambian blogs about her Country

[@tigertiger7084]

Hello I am a Gambian living in Europe May you do some cooking for me January please 🙏🏽 where are you in the Gambia. I live in Tanji too. Thank you

[@alagiecamara999]

To be honest now thinks are so expensive in Gambia anyway nice video

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you

[@fifiavlog]

Looks delicious

[@ayankunleakanbi1650]

But looks can be deceiving o! 🤣🤣🤣

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you 😋

[@knowledgeberakah1728]

Im coming here soon

[@gilbertwaiguchu749]

I call that the real deal.

[@baldeh4]

Things are extremely expensive 10 years ago I only take 25 dalasis to buy everything I need.

[@kollegs101]

Hmmm. Maybe in 1999

[@FPrill]

Can only let you know what i think of the food if i can try it😊

[@alwayshonestopinion]

Go to supermarket you will cry seeing price!! You can bargain with this local vendors! Gambia sometimes expensive than Europe.

[@richardbentum2265]

🙉 very nice

[@timewithbecky]

Thanks 😋

[@knowledgeberakah1728]

What site if you are looking for a home?

[@humblegambian6129]

New subscriber

[@timewithbecky]

Thank you for subscribing

[@Charcmode]

You should do an update for October 2023 to see if that $5 can get you the same?

[@yankiefrenz1367]

of course you can still get the same

[@Charcmode]

@@yankiefrenz1367 It would be interesting to see an update and find out.

[@amsixtysixyearoldamitooold8489]

it looks tasty

[@yakubaconteh3163]

You are a Ghanaian born in the Gambia or 🤔

[@user-fd7ju5sb6b]

Looking at the place, I’d expect to buy a third of the entire market.

[@isaacnsiah3945]

Hi pls am in Ghana currently but I want to travel to Gambia ,can u show me how to go about it pls

[@timewithbecky]

Can you send me ur WhatsApp number?

[@paulelbey8887]

🙋🏿‍♀🙋🏿‍♀

[@bigbig-km1hb]

Amazing, 5$ is about 4.60 euros...thats how much a pack of 20 cigarettes cost in my country Latvia🇱🇻...in Ireland same pack of cigarretes would be 14 euros..16$ 😮😮😮😮😮

[@yankiefrenz1367]

if you earn $500 every month in Gambia you live comfortably especially you don't have to worry about rent, gas or water bills hence most people have their own homes.

[@bigbig-km1hb]

@@yankiefrenz1367 i was surprised that most people in Berlin dont own homes...so they pay so much for rent there😳

[@VILLAGEBWOUY]

Nice, dear which country do you reside

[@timewithbecky]

The Gambia, thanks

[@elishafelix464]

Am a Luo from Kenya but am surprised I can understand that language when the lady speaks ie when she buys pepper and says we ayier maberna.(let me select the best for me)

[@TegaMartins]

I've always wanted to recreate a similar video but I left Gambia before I started my channel. Hopefully whenever I visit soon, we would collaborate ❣️❣️❣️love From Nigeria

[@incognito7350]

Please, how is renting a house there? I have been researching because I want to move to Gambia this April. Kindly give me some names of safe places I should consider living in. You can also give me contacts if you can. This will be highly appreciated. * I am your countryman.

[@timewithbecky]

You should! Just let me know when you are around. Thank you

[@incognito7350]

@@timewithbecky OK. If you say so. Since you are not often online (busy), is there any email or any other contact means where you respond swiftly? Thank you.

[@contemplatelife5090]

I'm from the Netherlands . I want to visit Gambia.... Which is better for accommodation... a hotel or renting a house?

[@yankiefrenz1367]

rent a house

[@muhammedlaminsambou8949]

I can help?

[@EnglishCenter1986]

about same price estimate with nigeria

[@mamadoubah9473]

Bonjour madame j'aimerais visiter la Gambie. Comment faire ? Merci

[@musanjie6014]

Think i recognise the place Ghana town brufut

[@user-fd7ju5sb6b]

$5 can buy you a govt minister.

[@annmarieachieng6568]

Honetly this lady should tell us because am Luo from kenya but i understand most of her native language please is she a nilote?

[@drfyoungesq1190]

No information on price per kilo or price per piece. except for a few items

[@ayankunleakanbi1650]

In most of West Africa, they don't have that kind of approach to pricing in the open market! The price is determined on a daily basis - sometimes even by the hour of purchase! 🤣🤣🤣 Most of the time, U have to bargain on the price!🤷🏾

[@king-xerxus7040]

Come to America.

[@marcybashiru24]

That $5 can’t buy you much these days

[@beebee4909]

That is a lot of money compare to Ghana.

[@mauriceshavers8871]

Becky 😭😭

[@StayHumble577]

I'm going to miss Gambia I am moving the family out of Gambia into the neighboring country

[@ayankunleakanbi1650]

Really? To where? Apart from Senegal, U have other neighbors so, whe're U thinking of moving to? Senegal is more expensive than Gambia tho'.

[@StayHumble577]

@@ayankunleakanbi1650 Mauritania

[@timewithbecky]

Good luck

[@samailaadamu921]

$5 It #3500 in nigeria with this amount of money u can cook for 3days in nigeria

[@fahi1960]

Largest Market of Smallest Country in Africa Mainland 😱 (BANJUL, GAMBIA 🇬🇲)

[@korkorogbo9275]

Are you a Ghanaian

[@ayankunleakanbi1650]

I've observed that she doesn't seem to answer questions about her nationality. She probably doesn't want to call too much attention to that. 🤫

[@yakubaconteh3163]

Am looking for my sister the same mother the same father she is table is front door when you coming from town selling the same things like this women's are selling she is name is kadijatou Conteh but I didn't see her on this video 😊

[@ayankunleakanbi1650]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 My gudnes! Africans r very funny!

[@yakubaconteh3163]

@@ayankunleakanbi1650 😆😆

[@Barbkr777]

can you help me I'm American not wealthy I'm contacted often on Telegram and FB by young single men claiming to be hungry .I understand and also caring for up to 50 orphans and siblings in Kampala and jinja they beg plead when I send 10 ..suddenly others ask they say women abandon babies govt doesnt help and men run away true ?

[@alagiecamara999]

Common 3 smoke fish 20dalasi ... To be honest ..under barrow Government we finish

[@mariamanneh4561]

This got nothing to do with Barrow. I lived in the USA. Last year I used to go shopping for my family of 4. Used to spend $300 on groceries every month, Now I spend over $500 a month and still find it hard to get all the things I need. Inflation is going on everywhere in the world. And Gambia is no exception. Go to your neighboring countries you will not complain about Gambia any more. It is what it is the whole world is going through hard times call inflation.

[@ilovejesuschrist5089]

Make Jesus Christ your Lord and Personal saviour Jesus loves you

[@johnhawkinshawkins1284]

jerejef

[@ebrimatunkara206]

Wow all this food for 5 dollars?

[@timewithbecky]

Ooh yes.

[@ayankunleakanbi1650]

If U have USD it'll luk very cheap to U but for the average Gambian, who's receiving a local pay, it ain't cheap at all.

[@sebastiankasunga3693]

Beautiful dark women in Gambia

[@sharonp.1376]

A doller is a doller everywhere. Can't even buy a sweetie with it here 🇯🇲 you are lucky

[@fahi1960]

Becky you work you tourism minister of office gambia ? your info. is not enough

[@fahi1960]

Gambia is an expensive country. 350, USD can't live. rent alone is very high and food is also expensive. Senegal is good. F.A. Germany😪

[@youpetaw97]

Senegal is good but way way more expensive!

[@ayankunleakanbi1650]

Sir, Senegal is way more expensive.