Diamonds- the wealth of a nation??
Diamond mines inside Kono town- the diamonds are fairly near the surface still, tho' not as much as they once were when you could walk along the streets and apparently find diamonds.
more of the diamond mines- those who've seen blood diamonds will have seen the workers in the water looking for diamonds and that's a fairly accurate portrayal of most diamond mining in Sierra Leone from what i've seen and heard. This photo was taken once most people had already left for home.
not a great photo-but the best I could manage from the car- one of the many diamond offices in the towns near where diamonds are mined. In Bo there seem to be entire streets which only have diamond trading offices (slight exaggeration I know, but that's how it felt).
mobiles are big in Salone- almost everyone has one (especially in the cities and towns). Celtel is the longest established- it came in during the last few years of the war. It has the best coverage, but probably the highest prices compared to the other networks.
While we were in Kabala, the guest house we stayed in didn't provide breakfast, so we walked across the dirt road to this restaurant, where I had spaghetti bolognaise (a nice change from rice and stew) . Koinadogu is a big area for livestock and meat is much cheaper here than elsewhere in Salone.
posted by Nenya @ 3:15 pm
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spaghetti bolognese for breakfast! Well that's a novelty, love Mum
Oops- actually had breakfast and supper there, so didn't quite have spag bol for breakfast! did have omletter for breakfast, which was possibly a little over greased and definitely had too many onions in it ;-)
But the spag bol was a nice change from the normal rice and stew for supper. Although having been given rice for breakfast in one place and cassava and yams for breakfast elsewhere, I don't think there's too much that would surprise me about hving spag bol for breakfast!
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