Departure tax - shocking Sierra Leone - nothing at the airport works - no Wi-Fi, no cash machines that work, no card payments.

Backpacking in Sierra Leone🇸🇱: Scrap Your Departure Tax and You Might Get More Tourists

“We are not born for departure, but we do learn to take it” – R.E.M. In the last 20 years of backpacking the world, only TWO countries charged me for departure tax to be paid in cash at the airport when leaving…and the shitlist reads… 1.New Zealand🇳🇿. 2.Sierra Leone🇸🇱. Of course they are not my Read more about Backpacking in Sierra Leone🇸🇱: Scrap Your Departure Tax and You Might Get More Tourists[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: 11 Bars And Cafés I Visited in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

Thirsty Thursdays: 11 Bars And Cafés I Visited in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 “The self unseeing” – Thomas Hardy. On my West Africa tour of 2023, the last of a hat-trick of new countries on my jigsaw was Sierra Leone (which followed my repeat into Senegal, and the Guinea brace – Guinea and Guinea-Bissau!). The plan Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: 11 Bars And Cafés I Visited in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱[…]

My Exquisite Stay At Hotel Barmoi On The Atlantic Coast At Aberdeen, Sierra Leone

My Exquisite Stay At Hotel Barmoi On The Atlantic Coast At Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

“Slip inside the eye of your mind” – Noel Gallagher. Sierra Leone was the last new country I visited in December 2023 on my West African journey, and my flight in was a late one, on Christmas night 2023. I had spied quite a few coastal and seaside hotels online before the trip. In the Read more about My Exquisite Stay At Hotel Barmoi On The Atlantic Coast At Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone 🇸🇱[…]

How To Get A Sierra Leone Online Visa

How To Get A Sierra Leone🇸🇱Online Visa

How To Get A Sierra Leone Online Visa Sierra Leone was the last new country I visited in December 2023 on my West African journey, and my flight in was a late one, on Christmas night 2023. Sierra Leone, isn’t for the faint-hearted however and it was definitely a challenge to get here. Visas for Read more about How To Get A Sierra Leone🇸🇱Online Visa[…]