67 notes from Sierra Leone Within 24 hours of arriving in Sierra Leone, I found myself searching for some way to process just a little of the many gloriously unfamiliar things that came our way…… more →
Notes from an Opoto in KambiaClare wrote 1 year ago: 67 notes from Sierra Leone Within 24 hours of arriving in Sierra Leone, I found myself searching for … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: We get up at 6.30am to finish packing, hoping to leave Kambia before 8am and be in Freetown by lunch … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: I wake up to a disturbing noise. Today is our last day in Kambia and this evening we are due to have … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: Today has been set aside for filming odds and ends and recording sound, so in the morning James and … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: Up at 6am and off at 7am for the first day in Maselleh. Unfortunately we don’t make it out of … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: Not much to report today as I am presenting early signs of malaria and the long working days are tak … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: A day off, so we head to Kambia’s other main tourist attraction, catfish well. Toby and I are … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: Our last day in Barmoi and we finish filming early, so we stick around and have some fun. We decide … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: One story down and we are still in Barmoi, filming a drunk who climbs a palm tree and falls off. I a … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: Up at 6am in the dark for a cold shower. It is the Harmattan season which means it is dry, windy and … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: Our first full day filming and we head to Barmoi, a small rural village about 40 minutes away. We ar … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: Bubble and squeak seems too tall an order today, so we get down to work and meet up with Israel, a l … more →
Clare wrote 1 year ago: I wake up for my first glimpse of the base. Our room is basic but comfortable with a shelving unit, … more →