Sierra Leone News

Archive for the ‘Sierra Leone Beaches’ Category

A million dollars for the right answer!! Quite frankly, I’m fed up with the dirty and grime on this beautiful beach.

I mean where can you find a long pristine beach like that? What comes to mind immediately is Miami Beach but boy what a contrast??

After a long while due to rain and general busy-ness, I went to the beach last weekend and same old story: beautiful but dirty - I mean man-made dirt comprising of: broken bottles, plastic bottles and plastic bags of every kind, needles, dog waste, condoms, stray dogs, rotten seaweed and much more.
Read the rest of this entry »

Incoming search terms for the article:

• how long is lumley beach in sierra leone

We just visited The Gambia for a holiday break and boy, did we need the time-out! I thought I will share a bit of of our travelling as well as general experiences on either side.

For the benefit of those who are not familiar with Freetown, Sierra Leone, due to the mountainous topography, the main airport is located NOT in Freetown but at another town called Lungi. To get to Lungi, the one needs to cross the ocean which is the quickest way or take an inland detour which can be long and sometimes impossible due to bad roads.

With neither the hovercraft nor helicopters working we were left with the ferry crossing as the only option - Of course the road to Lungi Airport is so bad (recently, I read it was going to be re-tarred. Hope it’s true) it wasn’t an option.
Read the rest of this entry »

Now, talk about a trip to well…not quite heaven but something awesome! My hubby came up with the suggestion (he’s a romantic at heart ) to picnic at the top of Freetown’s highest peak.

So we loaded up our goodies and headed for Leicester Peak. The children were truly excited and couldn’t keep calm. For anyone who lives in Freetown, the approach can be daunting and you always wonder how you’ll get there.

I’ve been at Leicester Peak several times before but never have I seen it like this:  the summit was literally covered in clouds. By the time we got to the top, visibility was down to only a few feet. It was an awesome experience and quite rightly my daughter commented on being able to touch the clouds! Needless to say, we enjoyed the super cool temperature (@ about 23 celsius ) plus the contents of our picnic basket having spread our blanket at the back of the car.

There were a few other tourists there who took endless pictures….

Once again, another highly recommended place to visit when in Freetown….:)

Incoming search terms for the article:

• leicester peak

We undertook our Easter trip on Sat instead on the traditional Easter Monday so as avoid traffic and crowds.

We went to the No2 River/Beach in Sussex , Sierra Leone and boy once again, it was worth it! Granted I still think so far Bureh Beach has my first vote but No2 had some form of customer service which is organized by the local people for the local area.

Talk about white sands…. the beach was unspoilt, sands white, water turquoise and running for about 3 miles and have I mentioned all this against an unspoilt mountain range??

Oh Salone is beautiful, but it’s easy to get used to it and take it for granted. I hope I never will.

The children enjoyed it most of all swimming and building sand castles. We took a long walk along the beach and had a lovely time.

Will add pictures soon. Stay tuned….

Incoming search terms for the article:

• river beach sierra leone
• river number 2 sierra leone
• sierra leone beach no 2
• sierra leone river beach