A long 4 hour drive due to Freetown traffic leads us via BO to KaBala village (opposite tiwai island on the Mia river), early evening, due to the remote location they had not received any comms we were arriving in hope to stay so, yet suprised they began immediately bush clearance to resurect a camping area previously built under a project helped by an English student several years ago. Olwa had been here 18 months ago but no one else since. Fit with communal hut with seating, long drop loos and bucket showers the local people made it an awesome stay. Meals cooked were chicken, kasava & palm oil, rice and fried dumplings for breakfast, minus the chicken a very normal diet for most west Africans, high starch content prompting a diebetes indemic across a lot ... read more

After a car switch as his sports car was going into a garage for repair with a friend, Zik has been an awesome host, we drove a decent circuit of Kissy and then rerouted back to his apartment, his neighbourhood and friends are all super friendly much like everyone else in this wicked part of the world, I took a wash after arriving and have spent the rest of the day talking, sleeping(everyone here like myself flying was up all night alternatively celebrating the all clear from ebola, there's a good energy in the air, blogging & we've been for a drive and a walk along the beach in Aberdeen district. Zik has the super sport channel, every European football competition in one place, every kickoff live, whole city is football loopy. Fish stew and rice ... read more

arrive at airport, check in and realise my SL visa which is incomplete until stamped at lungi Airport, is short of a receipt of payment, my error amongst the stress of preperations to leave. Flight is delayed slightly but even the extra time doesn't help me trying to convince anyone in airside to source me a printer,once boarded I am sat next to a nice lady though she only speaks French & Arabic, after her not exactly enjoying take off and slightly worked up by a baby sat behind, she disappears. when the food comes i'm told she's found another seat, I then could spend the rest of the flight sprawling 2 seats, drinking wine and pretending to read her Arabic newspaper as Daniel was in casablanca for hours we meet immediatley at the gate, boarded ... read more