Yesterday, we visited Number Two Beach – a favorite of embassy staff according to co-workers. The embassy driver picked us up around 9am and we headed out of Freetown down the road along the coast. My hotel is in Aberdeen – a peninsula on the very western edge of Freetown. The road is paved and, once out of the city, has minimal traffic. Right before #2 Beach, the paving stops and the road is under construction.
It wasn’t even 10am when we arrived and few people were there. According to our driver, the community around Number Two Beach organized to manage the site without government assistance. We paid 5000 Le (leones) each – about $0.60 – to enter.
The beach has beautiful white sand and was practically empty and very clean. It’s located where Number Two River flows into the ocean.
It was low tide when we arrived, so we waded across and walked down Tokeh Beach on the other side. There were fishermen with a long net out in a U shape from the beach. There was a boat out at the farthest point and two groups of men pulling on each side.
By the time we got back over an hour later, they were close to finished.
We had lunch of barracuda kebabs and fried rice. Our driver was appalled at the price of the lunch – 70,000 Le ($8.34) – so helped bargain down the price of a little purse I was trying to buy at one of the craft stalls from 40,000 Le to 20,000 Le ($2.40).
Then we headed back to the bustle of Freetown on a Saturday afternoon.
Jill’s Adventure in Sierra Leone 
Wow Jill! Beautiful beaches ! It’s cool seeing the fisherman and the families waiting for them to come in with their fish . I like the colorful town pictures too.
Glad you are getting the weekends off to site see !! Love , lisa
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Great story telling jill – and photos !
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