This might give you a view into how bad Sierra Leone is. We looked out the window on our way into Senegal today, and our first comment was "wow! Streets! and even street lamps!" Sierra Leone rarely has an actual paved road...I mean a lot of the roads were once paved (before the war in the 70's) but now it would be better to have a dirt road than these potholes and holes in the road that people make in order to tap into the water pipes below. Senegal's roads are nicely paved and there was a traffic guy who actually directed traffic.
Now, a street lamp would be truly ridiculous in Sierra Leone because they don't have power regularly, so the fact that Senegal had street lamps was a sign of development. The airport is very nice and calm, which is just fantastic. There were no people mobbing us to get tips for touching the luggage, because...imagine this... only people who used the airport were allowed in. All of our luggage made it there. wow.
Anyways, I'm being anti-social right now since I'm blogging in a room full of people. Hasta luego!
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