West-coast Africa, 2023-2024

December, 13th: Rose at 7.20, breakfasted, did my laundry, updated blog texts, but ... No publishing, since there is no Internet all over the country (rumors say that since the 29th the government has closed all social media and wifi, so ... week 6 will be published late again) Going to get my guitar and play a little ... Jordan even made a small movie ... with sound ... *blush* ... Funky guitar stuff Checked out this town in the afternoon with Andy ... not much to see to be honest and so we returned after an hour or so and went for a cold soda. Waiting for diner while chatting, gaming and a beer. Soup for diner was lovely. Chatted the evening away, but since i was very tired i went to my tent by 9 for an ST episode and a good sleep... PS: we are a bit above sea-level here, so temperatures are fairly pleasant, even cold at night and early morning ... December, 14th: Rose at 7.30, breakfasted, and a full morning for myself ahead. Love that actually. Group process is showing some cracks ...

 December, 6th: Woke up at 6 or so. Had been to the toilet all night long. Felt sick and horrible. And we had a long day ahead of us with horrible bumpy roads, so ... not my best day of the trip to say the least ... Crossing the border into GB, went smoothly, but i just napped all day long ... like a zombie. Thank God the diarrhea pills worked fine! We had to bush camp, just before the capital of GB, called Bissau. We found a nice spot, near a village on a football field. The locals could not believe their eyes, and were all over us. They were very hospitable though ... Becky got full attention from the local kids .... And of course ... funny faces ... I hardly ate anything and went to my tent by 8.00h. Slept really good for 10 hours (!!) and felt a lot better when i woke up the next day!! December, 7th: Woke up at 6 or so, feeling a lot better than the day before ... Just had 1 slice of toast for breakfast, drank a lot of tea and slowly recovered during the rest of the day ... Arr...