Its been a while...

It has been some time since my last update.

I have been here for over 6 months now. All is well in the main, my friend John visited from England, and I took three weeks off work to travel around Sierra Leone with him. We had a great time, covered some good ground, and saw a few of the many faces of sweet Salone.

Here are some highlights of the last few weeks for me:

-Drinking good rum for the first time in half a year.

-Playing in a 2-1 victory over Flamingo FC, giving John an insight into the rough and raw nature of African football.

-Sleeping on Mena Hill with John and Kieran, despite falling into a cave!

-Visiting the relatively cooler climes and sampling the fantastic goat meat of Kabala.

-Swimming at the base of Bumbuna Falls, the coldest water in Sierra Leone.

-Hitting a crazy poyo (palm-wine) bar in Makeni, where I nearly bought a snake to save it from being killed for magic. We also met a drunken member of the 1970 -71 Sierra Leone National Football team, and watched people play draughts.

-Spending time on Lakka beach, my favourite place in Salone, and living a life of sun, sea and amazing food.

It hasn't all been good, but I am in no mood for negativity! Hope everyone is ok at home, watch this space for some major changes in the not too distant future...