Hello from Freetown, Sierra Leone!!
I'm just posting a brief update to let you all know I'm safe and having a great trip so far.
I had a great time hiking and biking around Guinea - saw lots of spectacular waterfalls and hiked all over Guinea's equivalent to the Grand Canyon... beautiful! When I get back to Mali, I'll upload some of the many photos I took. Otherwise, we went down some of the worst roads I've ever been on in all my travels - which, after all my travels, is saying a lot! Coming into Sierra Leone we had a lot of luck getting to some very out of the way places and even made it to Outumba Natl. Park to, among other things, canoe down the river and see at least 10 hippos! That's all I have time for now but I'll put up full stories later when I get back to Mali in a few weeks!
