Monday in Freetown: the two embassies

I woke up all sweaty in my $17 apartment. Not good. Mornings are cool and I should be fresh and crispy and here I am, melting at 6am. At least there were no mosquitoes and in the room there was no mosquito net and the carpeted floor makes burning a coil risky. The plan for […]

Visa no. 8: Liberia in Freetown

Liberian visa is fairly straightforward. I took a 3,000le moto to the embassy. It’s an unmarked gate on Spur Road. The building quite a nice villa, a flag hanging (but invisible from outside, the walls are high and the ground steep). Inside I waited to be announced and I was led to the consul/ambassador’s office. […]

Bo to Freetown: sorry we’re full

The caretaker of my guesthouse in Bo said there are two government busses going to Freetown in the morning: at 5am and at 8am. If I miss them, there are other vehicles though. Bradt Guide says government busses are the best mode of transport because they’re the cheapest, fastest (!) and they have a beautiful […]

Kailahun to Bo in a land cruiser

The so-called transport park in Kailahun is a spot on the road, with drivers and other people waiting under a tree. If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t know it’s a place to get transport. So maybe it was for the better that I asked a moto to take me there. That or I’m becoming more […]

Gueckedou to Kailahun: people are survivors

Again, I was failing to draw myself from bed. By the time I reached the transport park it was over 8am. Asking for Kailahun I was led to a shop. There the owner (or employee) asked me which border crossing I wanna use for Kailahun. I didn’t have an idea, I thought it could be […]

Visa no. 7: Sierra Leone online

I applied online, via a travel agency, at visitsierraleone.org, the cost is $120. They say it’s 1-2 business days, then they say it’s 2-3 days, then they say I should apply 10 days before travelling to the country. We’ll see. It’s called landing permit and the name kinda suggests it’s an airport arrival permit but […]