8:15AM We arrived and I waited in the badly run VIP lounge until take off. At least they didn't give me bad looks like they did at the lounge in Bamako, Mali.
11AM We arrived. I went to take a 40 USD water taxi with a Lebonese guy from Lungi to Freetown. This is probably the first airport where the airport was separate from the capital city by water without a bridge.
12PM It took me 1 hr to figure out my stay with the AirBNB. I then took a motorbike to drop my bags off there at 12 White Street. I then took another taxi to the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary. The driver stopped midway and then I hopped on another shared taxi to get to it. It took another 40 minutes or so to walk up the hill.
2:30PM I reached the sanctuary but they told me they only fed at 10AM and 4PM, which were the visiting hours. I was exhausted and it was very hot. I waited until 4PM. The tour was nice. I didn't get to see the baby chimpanzees, which were "off limits" to tourists. I finished in 45 minutes and walked down with the two young guides. It was hard to catch a cab. It took another 30 minutes to get on a shared, locally converted van, which in the beginning carried 28 people. We reached Wilberforce. I took a motorbike there to get to 12 White Street. Alfred the local who was married to Layna, the American girl took me in. There was no running water so I had to take a shower with a bucket. The AC in the living room was broken so he offered his room. I accepted, of course, and went to bed at 7:30PM.
Van with 28 people
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