#sierra-leone

Freetown is one of three cities in the world where cobras are endemic. I didn't know that until the British Council sent me a wad of familiarisation documents, before my first trip to Sierra Leone in 1983.

I left Freetown, Sierra Leone, a few years ago, after having lived there for about a year and a half. Sierra Leone is considered one of the poorest countries on earth, though the capital has a very