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And another year dawns. They say that whatever you do on 1 January is what you’ll be doing for the rest of the year. I’m very careful. This year, I was sitting by a pool in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in the company of good friends, eating great food, sipping good wine, and reading my new favourite author – Jake Needham. I’m covered!

Do you have plans?

If you can’t make up your mind about where to go, check some of my posts for inspiration. Feel free to comment if you’ve questions… I’ll do my best to answer them.

Life is short. Make the most of it.

Kabala, Sierra Leone

The distance by road from Freetown to Kabala is about 300 km. The drive took more than 5 hours. Some of the road is good,

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Freetown, Sierra Leone

About 60% of Sierra Leone’s 10 million or so people are under the age of 25. That’s young. Very young. Only about 2.5% are over

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