Yep . I was there. One week and a half ago there were serious blockade at Karang border (but it was only in the Senegalese side) . They -senegalese- told me that the border was blocked as a protest for the ferry monopoly / ferry prices ,e tc...
Also the farafeny route was blocked with senegalese TRUCK drivers , making it impossible to reach the border
I was riding a mCycle btw.
Well , back to Karang , From The gambian side , people were waving their hands as indicating me to "jump" the border ,
so I just drove past the senegalese douanne/customs/police without stopping , ignoring their half-hearted requests to stop , and then .. quick as hell to the Gambian side. Quite exciting , indeed. They didnt seem to care about that , and I was let into the gambia with no further trouble.
Once in the Gambia , there were rumours that the border was open again for Euro-registered cars in about one week or so .
Also two days later , I saw in Banjul a big overlanding grey 10Ton truck (Deutz?) which was waiting at the border .. so I guess the border is open again.
and that is . Hope this helps.
Javier
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