This Saturday, 110 people from Freetown headed down the coast to Bureh beach for an all night beach party, organised by Beth (whose yoga classes I've been going to). I left it a bit late to book one of the beach huts or tents but managed to set up a makeshift tent, hanging my mosquito net from a palm tree shelter and using a couple of cushions from the sofa to sleep on. Felt pretty hardcore just along from the IMATT (British Military) guys with their fancy camouflage mosquito-netted hammocks!
It was an absolutely stunning beach and there was a great atmosphere with games of frisbee and beach volleyball going on as the sun set, followed by fresh fish, rice, beer and dancing round a massive campfire. Someone had managed to rig up a sound system and the usual Salone mix of reggae and rap blared out till about 7 in the morning (not that I made it to that point!)
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| View from tents on to beach |
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| My "tent" |
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| Watching the sunset |
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| Sunset volleyball |
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| Next morning breakfast |
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| On the way to Tacugama via Kent(!) |
On the way back from Bureh, we took the mountain road to Freetown and visited Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary. I've never seen chimps before and I found them fascinating to watch. Apparently they're our closest living evolutionary relatives and our genomes are nearly 99% the same! At Tacugama they rescue chimps from homes where they're kept as pets and prepare them to be released back into the wild. I was really impressed by how well run it is and wish I had more time so that I could stay the night in one of the tree-houses they have for overnight visitors. It's totally uncommercial and I hope it stays that way...
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| Think my "Chimp" is better than my Krio! |
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| Heading up to the viewing platform |
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| Just hanging out (-; |
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