Exploring Sierra Leone - Part One

S N Brussels flight was scheduled at 18.05 hrs and everything went smooth, till we get into the plane. After getting into our seats and waiting for at least 30 minutes for plane to take off, we came to know that plane has been delayed due to security reasons. A passenger checked in his luggage, but did not board the flight and cabin crew is finding that person’s luggage before they can take off.

After 2 hours of search they could find out the luggage and finally we took a breath of relief. After that the journey was smooth. Err..I am forgetting something, the sandwich served (Veg Sandwich) on flight is so far the best Veg Sandwich I have tasted. Really yummy. After 1.20 hrs flying time, the plane landed at Sierra Leon capital Freetown.

After getting Visa and other clearance I came out of Airport and got a ticket for helicopter service to go to Freetown city. After getting the ticket, it was wait and wait for my turn to board the helicopter. After asking how much time it will take. I was asked to wait. I realized after 2 hrs of wait that  WAIT stands for West African Internal Time. So waited. Finally my turn came and I boarded the helicopter and after 15 minute, I was in Freetown main city. Took a taxi and straight to my hotel. Looked at my cell, time 12.05 am. So no chance to get dinner.

I asked hotel manager, can I surf the net? The answer was quite pleasing. "Our hotel is wi-fi so you can access from the room, if you have any problem, you can use it from our computers." So after getting into the room, the first thing I did was to boot my laptop and check the connectivity. Good signal strength, as my wireless network detector indicated. But, not able to surf any site. Some problems. But anyway, wrote this post,  using newly upgraded Qumana (the old one sucked as it was damn slow and unstable, but this one is really breeze.) so that I can post it when I connect to net.

Tags: Freetown, SierraLeon, Travel, Personal, Qumana

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