Once notorious for a civil war that went on for 11 years from 1996 to 2002 and for the blood diamonds financing it, Sierra Leone today is famous for its diverse nature from savannah to rainforests and for the white sand beaches around the capital, Freetown. 50000 yearly visitors (just for comparison, my home city Vienna has more than 17 million) still mean that you will hardly find tourists, unless you arrive with 550 Budapest-Bamako participants.

I have never been that far south in Africa, there will be two new countries added to my bucket list this year, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Really looking forward to it!