Well the flight took off as planned .... well 2 hours late because of having to deice the plane - that was interesting to watch in itself! I'd heard that Lungi airport could be "interesting" but I have to say all went fine - although still glad I was with others who knew the system!
Much has improved and although VERY different to Heathrow, the whole experience was far easier and pleasant and quicker than a european airline I could mention! The Salonians are so friendly and welcoming.
The ferry "terminal" featured chickens on the beach and a very bouncy pier to get on board - but all fine - including life jackets for us all - 20 mins later in Freetown.
The heat and humidity will take some getting used to - but my hotel room has aircon that works! The roads are something else! Some of the main roads are tarmaced - most aren't - basically very bumpy, stony and all pothole - regularly washed out in the wet season!
Dinner last night on the beach - almost literally watching the sun go down (very quickly here) - into the ocean. Very beautiful! Tiredness and heat caught up with me though and I was sick and unable to eat my grilled barracuda! Shame! All good this morning after a LONGGGG sleep!
Barracuda on the beach... happy memories! Hope you get to enjoy it sometime. Doesn't sound like you were on the ferry if you had life jackets - was it a private boat? Pleased to hear arrived safe and sound. I take it there's no ice there....
ReplyDeleteCertainly no ice.... not sure about the boat - all seemed very efficient actually and a new boat - still had plastic on the seats! It seemed to be the option for transfer - they were quite small boats - only about 14 passengers - although the earlier ones were a bit bigger - still not massive though! My colleague Nicolas says that each time he comes (every couple of months) there are improvements at the airport. I was certainly prepared for it to be much more chaotic!
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