Micheal & I decided to go to Makeni and check out the city. Getting real comfortable with traveling within Salone :) and Lunsar is a great hub for checking out different places because the highway is so accessible. I've gotten pretty used to the pace in Lunsar so heading over to Makeni was pretty intense, it's definitely a city crowded with people and vehicles.
We spent the day with one of our former Krio teachers, Solo. I have no idea where Peace Corps finds these people, but our LCFs are fucking awesome. Solo was just showing us around Makeni and was totally bluffing the Renault van that his sister had sent him from Holland. We decided that it was going to be called the "Magically Machine" and we were gonna do a road trip all over Salone in it.....mind you, this was over the course of several beers, several locations, and the hot African sun beating down on us.
We then meandered over to the central shopping district where we bought some sweet ass fayn fayn gara. Makeni is known for having the finest gara in Salone. I didn't intend on buying any gara but the price was way too good, way cheaper than Bo. I bought 4 yards of this beautifully dyed gara, all for Le42,000 (~$10). Bo, at it's cheapest was selling fine gara for at least Le18,000/yd and that was a good deal too. So I'm definitely gonna look for a good tailor to hook it up with a proper Africana outfit with headwrap and all, 4 yards is plenty.......it's gonna be so fuckin' fly! The tailor should only cost me at most Le25,000 (~$6)........so excited.
Definitely a great day trip. We then headed back to the lori park to hitch a ride back to Lunsar where Fenghai, another LCF, ran up behind us. Of course he spotted us. We "opotos" stick out like sore thumbs in a sea of Sierra Leoneans, lol. It's a really good feeling to know you have friends all over the country and can feel at home anywhere in Salone.
Had a great time in Makeni and will definitely hit it up again.
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