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Why always us?1 comment

garethbriggs23 wrote 2 days ago: Chimp magic Now THAT’S magic Went to Tacugama chimp sanctuary on the edges of Freetown. It’s a … more →

Tags: Africa, Agricullture, an idiot abroad, Bennimix, bo, Bunce Island, Charity, chimpanzee, Education

Hobson's Choice

garethbriggs23 wrote 5 days ago: Not just diamonds One of the major problems along the coast is sand mining, they’ve already ru … more →

Tags: Africa, Agricullture, an idiot abroad, bo, Charity, Education, Food, Football, Foundation

Cause and effect1 comment

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 week ago: Salone needs Jessie Jackson back “If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I k … more →

Tags: Africa, Agricullture, an idiot abroad, Avon, Bennimix, bo, Charity, Education, Food

Drink, football, fish suppers, heart attacks

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 week ago: Scooby Doo Had a hilarious hour at the Mix Point with a drunk old Kissy Man (a tribe) from Kailahun. … more →

Tags: Africa, Agricullture, an idiot abroad, bo, Charity, Education, Food, Football, Foundation

They don’t tell you this in the Bradt book...

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 week ago: Miners and their whores It’s an odd mix of ex-pats in Freetown, odd because it’s not really a spectr … more →

Tags: Africa, Agricullture, an idiot abroad, bo, Charity, Education, Football, Foundation, Freetown

A pig in a poke?3 comments

garethbriggs23 wrote 2 weeks ago: Protein, get your free protein It absolutely pissed it down on Sunday night, thunder and more lighte … more →

Tags: Africa, Agricullture, an idiot abroad, Bennimix, bo, Charity, Education, Food, Foundation

Krio - Kid Wit A Vision

jretzner wrote 2 weeks ago: Krio – Kid Wit A Vision // Free Mixtape @ DatPiff.com. New MC Krio out of Oakland, CA, debuts … more →

Tags: hip-hop, mixtape, oakland

Museum of masks and mysteries1 comment

pjhap wrote 4 weeks ago: Museums attract me like magnets, even when I know I should have low expectations, I always hope to f … more →

Tags: History, Railway, Transport, Freetown, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Hill Station Railway, female genital mutilation, cotton tree

..and the rest they just waste...

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 month ago: Messi couldn’t get a game here My friend Malc asked if I could get a game over here, which is flatte … more →

Tags: Africa, Agricullture, an idiot abroad, bo, Charity, Football, Foundation, Freetown, Ghana

Coke adds life...

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 month ago: Coke adds life Coca-Cola are really strict about selling over here, if you can’t sell it cold you ca … more →

Tags: Sierra Leone, an idiot abroad, Africa, Travel, bo, Freetown, Journal, Bennimix, Charity

This little kitty went to market

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 month ago: Africa’s all the same I knew nothing about Africa before I came out here and now you hear a lot of c … more →

Tags: Sierra Leone, an idiot abroad, Africa, Travel, bo, Freetown, Journal, Charity, Work

The Shakedown

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 month ago: The staff of life So, I’ve got a delicious tin of houmus here, a cucumber and even a wee lime to zin … more →

Tags: Sierra Leone, an idiot abroad, Africa, Travel, bo, Freetown, Journal, Charity, Work

You're getting used to Salone when...

Allison wrote 1 month ago: You know you’re getting used to Salone when… You automatically walk along the side of the road inste … more →

Tags: Allison, Matt, taxis, Swat, mozzies, horns, fan, cockroach, spider

Diamonds not forever

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 month ago: Mixing at the Mix Point My local is the Mix Point it’s run by a young guy called Malcolm, he’s a nic … more →

Tags: Africa, an idiot abroad, bo, Bunce Island, Charity, Civil War, Diamonds, Education, Foundation

Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be home for breakfast1 comment

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 month ago: A wee bit of marriage guidance You want a fuller woman, I know you’ve already said, but I think that … more →

Tags: Sierra Leone, an idiot abroad, Africa, Travel, bo, Freetown, Journal, Charity, Work

The importance of semantics

garethbriggs23 wrote 1 month ago: You don’t need Batman to clean up a city if everybody does their bit I went for a run early on Satur … more →

Tags: Sierra Leone, an idiot abroad, Africa, Travel, bo, Freetown, Journal, Charity, Work

Play till it gets dark...1 comment

garethbriggs23 wrote 2 months ago: Match fixing Played football with the lads on my street. It’s not exactly a ‘true’ surface and I fel … more →

Tags: Sierra Leone, an idiot abroad, Africa, Travel, bo, Freetown, Journal, Charity, Work

Money, money, money is the root of all evil1 comment

garethbriggs23 wrote 2 months ago: Bunce Island Approximately 30,000 people left Bunce Island 200 years ago, forcibly enslaved, shackle … more →

Tags: Sierra Leone, an idiot abroad, Africa, Travel, bo, Freetown, Journal, Charity, Work

Who doesn't want to be that dude?!

garethbriggs23 wrote 2 months ago: Fuck Off ‘Fuck off ‘isn’t considered quite so rude here it’s more like ‘come on’. Even so I don’t sa … more →

Tags: Sierra Leone, an idiot abroad, Africa, Travel, bo, Freetown, Journal, Charity, Work


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