Forum Africa Western Africa Guinea. Support the Forum and Buy a Subscription Today! If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. This blog is moderated by Admin. Posts: On the trip from Guinea Conakry to Freetown. The drive in itself is pretty pleasant.
On the Guinean side the road is largely tarred with some potholes but not insurmountable. Taxis change in the nomansland between Guinea and Sierra Leone. From there on we drove the best road I've seen up to date in Africa. It's as smooth as silk all the way up to Freetown.
I was feeling slightly anxious because I didn't have a visa for Sierra Leone. And the recurrent passport controls didn't make it any better. There is VOA for Sierra Leone but getting it at Freetown airport doesn't necessarily mean you can at every land border. I had to show my documents at about 5 'border controls' on the Guinean side and 4 on the Salonean side.
Documents get scanned for mistakes from top to bottom and they will always ask for gifts etc. You have to have your yellow fever certificate! I was asked to show it several times.. Night life I plan on being in Accra for weekend beginning in April. All vaccinated and ready. Wondering if the local night life was picking up staying flat or heading south. Conakry On my retour back home I stayed a couple of nights in Conakry.
The best area is Kaloum or the adjoining districts. In some areas north of the airport Conakry really is a shithole like you have not seen it yet. Clean, spartan rooms with AC. Simple breakfast included. Coffee, tea and bread with butter. Pretty good deal considering the fact that it's located in the center of Kaloum. You don't have to be religious at all. My neighbour was a Turkish muslim. He had a fixer to buy his groceries. I asked him if he could arrange me a girl for the night.
