Dec 16th 2010: Hissing the Grimaldi flag - we were approaching Africa
The pilot to Dakar, Senegal came on board
Island in front of Dakar, which had beed used as "storage room" for slaves before their transportation to America
African fishing boat
The skyline of Dakar's port
Senegalese fishing fleet
Loading fresh food for us
Food is coming
Fresh food!
Leaving Dakar during sunset
Nice coast of Senegal
Fishing boat from Conakry, Guinea
Our pilot boat to Conakry - remarkable good shape!
Our welcome committee in Conakry
What's about an exhaust filter for this truck?
Fire truck
We don't wanna go with this vessel
Handy mobile crane with windows in the roof
Our neighbor brought a lot of rice from Myanmar
Brief rest on the rice
Very busy!
Waiting for rice
African Lady
Food, to be sold!
Offload of the 2nd hand cars
People are excited - Note the portable starter battery and the bumper on top of the car
A true Bavarian car, now in Africa
African workers on deck
Long night shift to offload the 2nd hand cars
First impression of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone
Our welcome committee in Freetown (Dec 20th 2010)
Huge cotton tree with an administration building with gone roof
Not so nice living houses
Crossing the entrance bridge to Africa. Some large machines are already outside to unblock the entrance. These machines are not for Africa!
Note the regulation, painted on the wall
China is very active in Africa!
African kids in Freetown
More African kids, happy to be pictured
Reasonable living house in Freetown
The Queens of Freetown
Typical street in an upper class quarter of Freetown
Not much space inside, soon no air and unbearable heat
Soon they become African Rock stars, ...
Drugstore, fish market, ...
Fruits and vegetables of Sierra Leone
African beauties
Street life of Freetown
Low cost cargo
African cafe
A lot of traffic in the center of Freetown
Too much traffic!
African car with mother's blessing
Another African car
Thank you Jesus, the car is still driving
People listening to a story
African wall paintings
Huge cotton tree in the center of Freetown
Boutiques of Freetown
Some cooking stuff and fabrics
Another African Queen
Chaotic street life in Freetown
Sleeping and dreaming on Mummy's back, ...
Very busy these people!
African sailing ship, standard version
African sailing ship, high speed version
African fishing ships
Skyline of Freetown
Bye bye Freetown, bye bye Africa
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