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All the Plymouth-Dakar cars paraded through the streets of Banjul to advertise the auction to raise money for charity. We were given the impressive honour of being allowed to pass under Arch 22. the July 22 Arch. Standing high at 35m it offers great views over the city and coastal areas. The Arch was built to commemorate the July 22 1994 bloodless coup when a young army officer Yahya Jammeh took control of the country ousting the existing President. It is normally only opened for the President to pass under, so we were very honoured