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So my next stop in West Africa was Liberia. Beautiful, but small country. Lush green countryside and friendly people. I'm glad I stopped here. I almost bypassed it and I'm so glad I didn't! I hope you enjoy the pictures-I will say the tourism infrastructure is not really there, but I made it through due to my wonderful tour guide, Bassie, again! Now, the border crossing was chaotic! I had an evisa, because I originally planned to fly into the country. Well, they can only ta
So after leaving Freetown and the western peninsula we drove to Mikeny and Bo, where we stopped in a mining village and witnessed them mining for gold and diamonds. Then on to the border and into Liberia. We were supposed to stop in Robertsport, but the roads were washed out due to heavy rain. So we continued on to Monrovia and started the city tour. They are mining gold and diamonds. I had no idea it was so labor intensive. Like the movie Blood Diamonds, artisinal miners. T
I almost didn't come to this country-but I am so glad that I did! I had planned to stay for 1 week and then fly on to the next country. Unfortunately it's not that straight forward traveling in Africa. Sometimes you have to fly to Europe just to come back and fly into the neighboring country. I booked a one way ticket to Sierra Leone with the hopes of finding a way to get to Liberia or Ivory Coast from here-and I did! I had the hotel recommend a tour guide for a city tour as
