Not your standard first night in Sierra Leone... we arrived at the border at 5 past 9 (closes at 9) and slept in this 'interesting' hotel. Not the best...Woop woop! Made it!!!! What a horrible night. And what a horrible morning (border guards not that pleasant shall we say). But we made it to Freetown. It’s great to be here, and absolutely amazing to have James here to look after us – just what the doctor ordered after all that travelling. He has sorted us out with a room for the night, food, water, a phone, internet access... (all the ancient & modern basic necessities).
EVERYONE here loves talking to us. They just look or say ‘hello’ and if you say hello back, you enter into this whole ‘how are you, I am fine, how is your day, my day is fine’ thing – incredible, and it’s amazing how people genuinely just want a little chat... I’m sure this is real.
It’s also fantastic to be in an English speaking country... we really are able to get around with no problems – Krio is really similar to a basic form of English, obviously with different vocab (eg food = chop!!!!)... but we really can communicate – good decision.
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