People come and people go

One thing that I have learnt in the last year is that there is a constant of turnover of people in the expat community in Sierra Leone.  It's hard to get used to saying goodbye so often when you have developed close friendships very quickly.

April is heralding the start of a period of change as a few of my closer friends leave for new opportunities.  The first to head back is Marc.  I have shared a number of memorable Salone moments with him: running the 5km at the first Sierra Leone Marathon, dancing in the rain at Mems after the marathon, being told the story of the West Side Boys on the drive back to Freetown from Makeni, dancing at China House, sitting on a rock at Lakka watching the sunset with the sea lapping while drinking fizz, days at Bureh Beach (see photos below)

Some of the girls from Bureh who arrived calling out "Marc, Marc"

Marc tries out the new sunbeds at Bureh

and most memorable pushing his car along Lumley Beach Road in the dark one evening.

The issue with spending quite so much time with someone is that you may start to think alike.  This was defintiely the case for the photohunt when we turned up in very similar outfits

Twinies

So goodbye Marc.  Thanks for all the memories and I shall see you in London.