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- "
Conakry beach at dawn" by Sweet2thlh from a blog titled "Guinea - Part 1"
Excerpt: "My
New Year was spent in Guinea. Two days after my visit to Guinea, the country has exploded into anarchy and mass public protests. This is a coincidence. As things stand now, nobody will be visiting Guinea for a while, which is a shame because it is one of the most beautiful countries I have had the pleasure of visiting.
Landscapes dominated by jagged mountain ranges, acres of tropical rainforests and spectacular waterfalls, vibrant music and drumming traditions, friendly and welcoming people. And best of all no tourists. I very nearly didn't make it Guinea at all. A planned quiet evening the night before was thwarted by the arrival of a bunch of volunteers"
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- "02 - The
Chute de Garaja (
Waterfall)" by Jeanchristophes from a blog titled "
Fouta Djalon"
Excerpt: "If you jump into a car and drive a couple of hundred kilometres inland from Conakry, you reach the pleasant rolling hills of the Fouta Djalon, altitude
1200 metres.
Having travelled through Guinea but not stopping in the countryside I was looking forwards to escaping the hassles of the city.
Dalaba our first stop, had the cheapest hotel at 1
.50 euros night, resulting in a total expenditure of 2.80 euros for bed and three meals the first day. This set a new record for the cheapest day. That same day we set off to find the 'Chute de Garaja' (A wat**fall), did find it but they don't make it easy, so they can promote local guides. We w**e walking through some " ...
- "15 -
Conakry Grand Mosque" by Jeanchristophes from a blog titled "Conakry"
Excerpt: "
Crossing the border from Guinea-Bissau to Guinea meant reverting from
Portuguese back to
French and the third taxi of that day dropped us in the tiny town of
Sareboido. We were of two minds as to either find a large town with somewhere to sleep or to continue to Conakry, the capital of Guinea. We soon found out it didn't really matter what we wanted because at that moment no taxis were going anywhere.
Instead we found a couple of wobbly benches and sat by the dusty main road watching a couple of teams playing soccer in the dying light of the evening. Realising we had to spend the night here we found a place under a tree and tried sleeping on narrow wobbly " ...
- "14 - Conakry
Port" by Jeanchristophes from a blog titled "Conakry"
- "11 -
Outside our
Hotel" by Jeanchristophes from a blog titled "Conakry"
- "16 -
Canyon" by Jeanchristophes from a blog titled "Fouta Djalon"
- "11 -
Fairytale Waterfall" by Jeanchristophes from a blog titled "Fouta Djalon"
- "12 - Cow hut" by Jeanchristophes from a blog titled "Fouta Djalon"
- "06 -
Sunset before our night drive to Conakry" by Jeanchristophes from a blog titled "Conakry"
- "26 - The Huts" by Jeanchristophes from a blog titled "Fouta Djalon"
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- published: 19 Nov 2010
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