Tuesday 16th September

Tuesday 16th September
Wake up in Muyamba
Had a terrific breakfast of omelette, boiled eggs and bread. Mr Jalloh appeared soon after with the car fully restored to full working order.... there was great rejoicing!!! We set off early heading to Bo. The roads were treacherous but the ever cool and wise Mr Jalloh had everything under control. Through the jungle there was the usual cries of “white man”.

Arriving at Bo
Due to the delay in Muyamba the only stop off in Bo today was to greet the Bishop and his council. We also saw the 3 vehicles that the diocese have which are off the road. The diocese are looking for funding for repairing these vehicles. It was time for lunch consisting of Chicken and rice or couscous, very pleasant. We were due to visit a school in Bo today but due to the unforeseen delays we have moved this visit back to when we return in a week’s time.

On to Kenema
On arrival at Kenema we were directed to our guest house. It was the Rendezvous club and guest house. Unfortunately club night was only Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, but we were determined to celebrate Mr Jalloh’s birthday which we had missed the previous day! The rooms were comparable only to some of the dingiest guest houses in Blackpool, so the northerners amongst us were right at home!! Duncan foolishly wrote computer engineer on his sheet and was asked to fix the owner’s laptop. Nah it’s broke mate was the standard response given!

We went for a walk before dinner around Kenema and managed to find an internet cafe to put on previous blogs and of course the compulsory visit to facebook, although Loz refuses to look at it while he is away.

We enjoyed dinner and beer with the Bishop elect and his wife. After they had left Mark and Parks managed to convince poor Laurence that when Bishop’s were consecrated they had to be engraved with four crosses with a pen knife. It was painful to watch but he finally realised they were pulling his leg!
An early night was had as there is much more travelling tomorrow to get to Liberia