Mammy Yoko Hotel Freetown

Lumley Beach Road Freetown, Sierra Leone

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From Mammy Yoko to Port Loko

A travel blog entry by douglasball

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Seeing a UN aircraft 'crashed' off the main runway an the airport when I arrived did not inspire confidence. I was also not met at Immigration as expected. However, a visa was issued based on papers I had. Through customs, and a change of 20 pounds to receive a handful of well-used strange looking notes in exchange. I fought past the offers of …

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Tokeh Beach- Mattress on the sand paradise

A travel blog entry by robspackman

7

... His sons made a fire each evening for us and insisted on sitting up and 'guarding' us though the night. Despite the fact that the only immediate danger appeared to be over eating the fantastic fish, fired plantain and rice the cooked us, oh that and the crabs that made there tricksy little way into Sarah's smalls. (Naughty crabs!).

Each morning Hassan's boys brought us coffee, omelettes and bananas and the freindly man himself would come to ...

Christmas Sierra Leone Style

A travel blog entry by robspackman

7

... his pain. The service had been going on for a couple of hours now, and the Catholic admonishments were becoming too much – but our escape was right at the front where everyone would see our cowardly exit. The post-Collect dancing finally gave us our opportunity to wiggle up the aisle, throw our money into the collection box and then wiggle out of the door and into the night. I hope we didn’t feature in the next part of the next sermon.

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Freetown Dance Party

A travel blog entry by robspackman

4

... you? I am fine’ is ‘How di body? Di body fine, I tell God tank ee.’ It just sounds ridiculous coming from me. But I try.

Downtown is really one gigantic marketplace. Every street is packed with traders who lay out their wares over the cars parked along each side, on the pavement, on the road as well as walking up and down with improbably large bundles of wares on their heads. You can buy anything from Dickens novels to laptop computers to huge steaming plates ...

The Teary End

A travel blog entry by riceandbeans

5

... then wander around in the waves with one of the girls attached to his neck trying to talk her down.

It was another sad goodbye to these kids before we headed back to get the ferry to the airport. A real shame of an ending to a great trip was that Jackie was pick pocketed and lost all her money and cards. Someone also tried to steal Trish's camera but Paul noticed and the story that I got was that Paul clocked him one. A huge wind picked up and then it stormed down. It was ...

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