Kartong Chaos is exactly what it says on the tin! one of the wildest, funniest and most unpredictable trips we ever had in The Gambia. This episode takes you from the quiet riverbanks of Janjanbureh all the way down to the coastal madness of Kartong, where everything that could go wrong… absolutely did.

It all starts with the first time we met George! an ex-SBS veteran who lost a finger in the Falklands War and smokes like a chimney and his mate Martin, the Dutch fisherman whose stories are as wild as the river itself. With the Bunga Boys crew assembled (Patto, Daisy, Joe, and me), we headed south for what we thought would be a calm fishing trip.

Instead, we landed right in the middle of Kartong’s madness. We stayed at a place called Littles and headed to Georgianna’s, where four African ladies waited around the fire for us but we weren’t there for romance, we were there to “fish for monsters.” From there it escalated fast: a drunk neighbour firing off a gun into the night, Patto snapping George’s prized fishing rod on his very first cast, Daisy cutting his foot and making a massive scene, and a parade of characters you genuinely couldn’t make up.

There’s Bum Bag Dan, who built a house with a full glass roof that ended up burning down because the sun basically turned it into a giant magnifying glass. There’s the “dole dosser” bragging about never working a day in his life while getting slapped about by his Gambian wife. And of course, the late-night tent drama: lying there realising one stray bullet from next door could go straight through.

It’s raw, it’s honest, it’s chaotic but it’s also the heart of what makes these trips unforgettable. You get the camaraderie, the stupidity, the danger, the laughter… the real Africa that shaped the Bear Brigade before it ever existed.

This is Kartong Chaos, a Bunga Boys classic.
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