A day out!

A day out!
It started the day before, 4 of us realised we were all off the next day with no plans, the question was asked, shall we do something tomorrow?
The reply was yes, as it would be nice to get out of the ship and see Sierra Leone, but then the next question was asked, what shall we do?
Some ideas were shared but at last we came up with a great one; a trip to Charlotte Waterfalls and then have a late lunch at the Crown Bakery. We decided to get a taxi in the morning and then head off on our big day out!!.
Next day we meet at 9:30am at reception where another crew member joins us for the trip.
We decide to call a taxi, we ask a few people if they know of any, eventually we get a few numbers. Fortunetly he is only about half an hour away (which is good for Freetown!!) and he knows how to get to Charlotte Falls!

We meet the driver at the top of the lane, we squeeze in, 4 of us at the back. We get up the road and somehow the police let us go - even though we are too many in the car! Its an interesting drive through Freetown as we go through back lanes which unfortunetly have big pot holes! The car overloaded in the back was scrapping the ground making a screech sqerch sound. The driver kept on driving and we eventually get onto a good road. From here on top of the mountain, there was a great view of Freetown. We turn off in the direction of the falls, if we thought the pot holes in Freetown were bad, we were in for an even bigger, bumpier ride! As the car scrapes along the road, we all look at each other, and think are we going to make it?!
After an hour of travelling we make it to as close to the falls as this taxi will go. We stop and walk to the falls, it's nice to get out of the car, we pass a village where a guide then takes us to the waterfalls. The first view of them is impressive, they are lovely, we get to be by them, it's good to have fresh cold water as I splash it on my sweaty face!
We spend a bit of time there and then we head back to the taxi. It's a good walk as it's uphill, eventually we all get in to the taxi, we only go a few hundred yards when we hear a noise that doesn't sound good. The driver stops gets out and looks underneath, comes back to us and tell us to get out as he needs to fix the exhaust pipe!
We all pile out and wait in the heat! It does not take long and we are off again. Down the road we decide to get out as the road is sooo bad that we don't think the car would survive, so we walk a bit while the taxi drives on a bit!
We all file in again, we are getting use to squashing in! We get into Freetown and get dropped off near the Crown Bakery (which is a restaurant) he doesn't drop us off outside cause the traffic is so bad; it is quicker to walk. We enjoy a meal at the restaurant and then we walk back to the ship through the busy market.
It was a good day out, Sierra Leone is a beautiful country, and there is soo much to see!