One week after we arrived the bus was released from the port, after some work was carried out to adjust the thermostat and arrange the necessary papers we left for Kamakwie the following day. The journey took all the afternoon, first we drove to Makeni on a nice tarmac road, with only slight stop at [...]
This was a difficult part of the trip, not only was the bus held up at the port but we received a phone call saying that it had been looted. On Monday we headed to the port to inspect the damages and see what was left, having taken Mohammed to the pharmacy to get some [...]
Last night we were treated to a tropical weather storm, there was no need to count between the lightning flashes and the sound of thunder; it was difficult to sleep, but fascinating to watch. The safe house is nestled high on the hill so there was no way it was safe to venture outside the [...]
I have had to wait to do this post until I returned to the UK. Accessing the Internet in Sierra Leone is more than challenging; when you do find a Internet cafe, if the speeds are not the slower than the 90′s, the rain storm will knock you off your connection. We arrived late on [...]
This weekend I was at the Piers Simon Appeal Farm Concert snapping away. Every year the concert rasisis load of cash for the chartity and it was a really good event, the support from the local communinity is overwhelming. I really enjoyed taking photographs here, the light was challenging at times, but has helped create [...]
I have started an ongoing photography project with the Piers Simon Appeal, I will be documenting the shipment of a bus destined for Sierra Leone, in the bus will be over 400 school bags for two orphanages. One in the capital Freetown and the other in Kamakwie. One the bags have been delivered the bus [...]
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