I’ve never been able to understand Brits that go aboard and fail to venture outside their hotel. But, that’s exactly what the group on last night’s holiday hijack do. The three girls and a boy in their twenties are spoilt, work-shy and used to being waited on hand and foot in five star plus hotels.
Thank God then that they got their comeuppance and were made to swap their luxurious hotel for a West African family’s mud hut with no bathroom, only a toilet with no loo paper.
The group’s moaning continued through the five days of their stay i9n the village with single mum Bella and her family, as they were put to work. The best moment came when 20-year-old Daniel had a hissy fit and refused to stand in the sea or carry a bucket of fish on his head for fear of getting his shoes or hair dirty. However, he eventually gave in and agreed to wear someone else’s shoes, what a sport?!
Despite leading an awful example and giving us Brits a bad name, the group did turn it around, but not before dashing to a cash point on a local night out with Bella, drinking alcohol in front of the Muslim family and turning their noses up at the families accommodation, luxury in the small village within Gambia.
Of course, in true reality documentary style, the group began to embrace Bella’s culture and way of living, as the message hit home about the value of money. Clean freak Daniel even agreed to par-take in rolling in the mud on a trip to the Gambia ‘spa’ and jump in the river to clean himself. Shame really as I enjoyed watching the group squirm.
Although I can’t help but wonder whether their pledge to step outside their hotel while on holiday and discover the country is too far fetched? Will their memories of selling jewellery, de-scaling fish and hand-washing hotel laundry become a blur within their life of luxury?
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