Bo to Tiwai Island: a good police officer

It wasn’t straightforward to find a right moto. The drivers simply didn’t know what I was asking them to. Potoru? Which side of town is that? Potoru is the village that is the closest to Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary. It’s apparently the place where the scientists first discovered chimpanzees can use tools. Obviously, it’s inhabited […]

Freetown to Bo: how it is to be an alpha male

The cleaning day – which prohibits any movement unless you have a “pass, people stay at homes, cars don’t drive, businesses stay closed – didn’t in my eyes do much cleaning. It ended at 12pm. I set off to find bus to Jui, a junction where I was told to find transport on to Bo. […]

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 […]