Mammy Yoko Hotel Freetown

... Blood Diamond". I almost had a stiletto heel go through the top of my flip-flop clad foot at "The Office" dancing on Friday night. The food is amazing. Barracuda is the specialty fish. Superb. Plus they have fried chicken on the side of the street. They sell fried chicken with ketchup the way women in my village sell bush rat, in a bucket on the top of their heads. I prefer the chicken, honestly. Hot dogs are a normal occurrence. Hamburgers are everywhere and I ...

... take a full cup of coffee from the maker to my chair without losing half of it. i've had stocking caps that look less secure on my head than the 5-gallon bucket of water that was on the head of the teenage girl that just walked past. by the way, she was also clapping and singing, while she did it. and i don't just say that for dramatic affect, if anything, i think she was doing it just to spite me and my coffee carrying inadequacies. the beach was just as ...

... everyone else in the street found this highly amusing! Often when a thief is caught he can expect a severe beating from those around him. SL is the one place in the world where I have actually seen a thief being led away in handcuffs by police, smiling with relief, probably because of the realisation on the alternative! Staying back in Freetown for a couple of weeks after living in Bo for a few weeks was quite nice in some ways. It was the first time ...

... church pews with nothing but a flimsy YCCC cushion   between you and the suspension-less, ricocheting vehicle) from Bonthe   Island back to Freetown (14 hours). With each passing journey Mr R feels and looks (Mrs R will testify)   more and more like an over-sized Alice in her under-sized room. Despite all these journeys into 'extremistan'***, Sierra Leone has   been well worth getting to.  They're a chirpy bunch once you get past   their ...

... finally find it next to stream (from where they will apparently get their water). The place is basic to say the least, with no running water or electricity but in a nice loaction right by a stream. Onwards to Bo After lunch (not something I dare risk yet) we leave for the final leg to Bo. On the way the 4x4 support vehicle has a fuel blockage and the driver Bernard, has to fix this and then drive the remainder of the way on full choke - good job he has ...

... Back in the car through the incredibly congested streets of Freetown. A 20 minute distance by car takes an average of 2 hours. There are no street lights in the city, people and venders line the streets, sidewalks are in disrepair, organized chaos is the order of the day. Literally thousands of people are struggling for their individual commerce risking their lives in the chaotic traffic. We arrived back at the GGM office around 5 pm. Waiting for us since 10 AM were ...

... for the amputees) and Enatai Elementary school. They also received 4 pairs of crutches, gloves and $1000 from a church in England! It was absolutely the most moving experience to see these total atheletes perform their skills in field conditions that would never be acceptable in America. The field was dirt, rock, and sand with foot deep gullies in the middle of the playing area! Between the player's collisions ...

... ve mucha gente caminando en la ruta. No se ni para donde van o si vuelven, con trastos en la cabeza, llevando o trayendo agua, vendiendo bananas, cocos, y otras cosas raras que ya me animare a probar. Cuando me ven pasar, los chiquitos, curiosos, me saludan. Los pibes del pueblo me llaman "OPUTU" (algo así como hombre blanco) y están encantadas las chicas con mi ...

... Th**e sat a middle aged lady with a couple of daught**s in orbit, taking care of the clients who squatted on low wooden beaches in a huddled circle. H**e we sat with empty bellies till lady would produce a bowl of plumpy rice cov**ed in a thick spicy sauce made from crushed leaves that looked like spinach. Hot spicy dish for breakfast was nev** before imagined, yet a spoonful of a third sauce, two thirds rice, dipped in some chilly powd** and it went down the hatch. Wait ...