August 11th, 2008 Kono, Sierra Leone

August 11th, 2008 Kono, Sierra Leone

Just arrived in Kono, Francis had one of his Christian friends pick me up at the bus station, I am staying at a place called Uncle Bens. I think. The room is like the Hitlon compared to other places here a double bed shower & everything!

Unfortunately my second card is so small its filled up & Kono is fascinating with all the diamond mining, this place is right out of a movie! It is so cool, I’ll try & find a card but it may be impossible here in this small African town.I’ll try.

The bus ride here was an adventure to say the least I got up at 5:30 with the Muslims prayers fought the already hectic (I mean Freetown is unlike anything you can ever imagine, people pulling carts, people & cars, buses, motorcycles sharing the street, stench), anyway I wans’t feeling great this am but I am recharged by the excitement of being in Kono. We actually had a greyhound type bus & I thought great! But three of us had to sit on the floor (its OK it allowed me to stretch my legs) and there were chickens on the bus! thats right chickens, I couldn’t believe it.

People here are as touchy with picts as Freetown even when I asked Mohammed (Francis’s friend) he said OK people still get mad, partly because they want $$$, but also many people here believe in Juju (Voodoo) & its what they use (pictures ) to cast spells. On the other hand back on Thunderhill around the house I can’t get enough pictures of the kids ‘Snap me! Snap me!’

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