Ymca Sierra Leone
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Paradise, Playboys and Ho's
... Safaris? Amazing friends and crew? Part of me feared that my opinion of Africa was skewed by the aforementioned factors. But no, this place is amazing! West Africa is completely different to the East. Tourism is a whole new concept in some of the areas we went. There are few adventure activities or wild animals although the crew and fellow travellers were fantastic. Ultimately though my thoughts on Africa being the best continent on earth ...
Tokeh Beach- Mattress on the sand paradise
... breakfast and 25 Leones each for a massive dinner. He can organise trips to Banana Island and will more that certainly invite you to his home in the village. In fact his kindness is epic and the family did a massive bag of our washing for us and did want to accept anything for it. Tokeh is best reached via taxi or moto from Waterloo which is served by poda podas from Freetown. Alternatively you can work your way down the peninsula on motos as we did for very little ...
The Teary End
... trying to survive by scavenging at the rubbish tip. They are such amazingly good kids considering how tough their early years have been.
On one of the days we handed out new clothes, shoes and games to each of the kids who were very appreciative. Occasionally the kids would run inside to try on the clothes and then come out to show us to whoops of approval from the others. A few of us then took the kids down to a little cove for a paddle. Most of them could swim but a few of ...
A post from Rob
... in June, and we have met people from Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, USA, and Canada!! (There are around 30 Canadians on board). There are also many local volunteers from Sierra Leone, plus some crew members from other west African countries like Ghana, Liberia, and Togo.
My title aboard the ship is a steward, working in "Crew Services". Basically I am the deck 5 janitor. My ...
Peaceful pandemonium ...
... for everyone and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why I am invited on ahead of others who I'm sure have been waiting longer. It seems I'm lucky. An American development worker I strike up a conversation with tells me he's been waiting for three hours. And I get the strong feeling I would have waited a long time as well had I seated myself further from the dock.
The next 45 mins I don't feel quite as lucky. The waters are extremely rough. ...
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