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Gambian
Takes Up Cycling
After Reading POH
 Before reading the November 2002
to April 2003 issue of Po rt of Harlem (we were then a
biannual publication) that featured bicyclist Ivan Dominguez and
Rahsaan Bahati, Barbacour Jabai thought cycling was just for
children. Now, the 23-year-old accountant for the prestigious
five-star Kairaba Beach hotel in Greater Banjul, The Gambia, West
Africa recently told POH that
he rides his bike every day to work. “I save $2 per day by bicycling to
work.”
In addition to
keeping him physically fit, cycling also saves him time. “It takes my
one hour by car to get to work and only 30 minutes by bike,” he
continued.
He
has also hooked up with some fellow Gambians who compete in neighboring
French-speaking Senegal. “Now I am training with them in Senegal,”
added Jabai who speaks his native Mandinka, and Wolof, Fula, French,
and English. Meet
Barbacour Jabai when Port of Harlem
returns to the Gambia February, 2006.
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