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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!
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Bunce Island, Sierra Leone
I’m big on bearing witness to history. The slave market in Zanzibar left a lasting impression and I was expecting something similar at Bunce Island.

Tasso Island, Sierra Leone
Tasso Island is one of the islands that dot the Sierra Leone River Estuary. Home to a relatively new ecotourism project, its beach-side chalets and
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Kabala, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

River #2, Sierra Leone

Banana Islands, Sierra Leone: Ricketts

Banana Island, Sierra Leone: Dublin

Lakka, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Getting there

Predeal, Romania

Prejmer, Romania

Hărman, Romania

Sinaia, Romania

Brașov, Romania

Ljubljana, Slovenia: Revisited

Opatija, Croatia – Revisited

Béal na Bláth, Co. Cork, Ireland
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