Nearing the End...

Hello!!

Its my second last day in SL...I fly out tom'!

Two of us went to Kono for a few days earlier in the week and got to see the diamond mines-an absolutely crazy trip :) But we got to see the countryside! The bus trip from freetown to Kono was ~ 11 hrs for ~200 miles! the bus kept falling apart while we were driving- the door, then a window and then a seat!! We made it on dirt roads lined with orange colored trees (from all the dust!), after hearing four 30 minute religious sermons (two islamic and two christian) and travelling with chicken and metal poles and stacks of vegetables :)

The diamond mines were quite a site though! So...the trip was worth all the energy. I have some really cool pics which I will post soon or you should just ask me for them :P

So..the 'poda poda' is a really small vehicle-the size of an SUV or something and they are most everywhere in Africa apparently...the ones in SL are really small and pack ~ 15- 20 people in one!! We took one back late one night- it was quite an experience-it goes really 'fast' (as fast as it can get here :P) and people just keep getting in and out of it randomly!