Doc confirmed this week that Huw definitely had blackwater fever. We thought it must be but good to know for sure.

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A BBC audio slideshow on Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom – http://tinyurl.com/yz83qna

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Cycling through sweet Sierra Leone via Freetown, Shenge, Kenema, Bo and Tiwai Island. Photography by Bex Sumner and Huw Williams, November and December 2009.

Related sound: Yellow-casqued Hornbill (Tiwai Island) »
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Any tips for good W Africa freight firms? To ship bikes back from Liberia, without paying for whole container (DHL/Fedex etc won’t do it)

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The journey through Guinea-Bissau and Guinea (Conakry). In this stretch, we travelled by bike, boat and, because of the unstable situation in Guinea at the time, by Land Rover, courtesy of the fine folks at Atlantic Rising . Photographs by Bex Sumner and Huw Williams, 2009.

Related gallery: Faces of the Bijagos (Guinea-Bissau) »
Related blog: Into Guinea-Bissau: drug barons, dogs’ heads and difficult decisions »
Related blog: Guinea: a dash through a dashing country »
Related sound: The chain ferry to Guinea »
Related sound: The pirogue to Orango »
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An upside to being back in the UK: books. Lots of them. In English. Any recommendations before we go soundscape/nature sound book shopping?

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Huw’s recovered from the malaria/E Coli/whatever – he’s just been discharged from hospital in London :) As for the culture shock…

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A quick summary of our last two months – from getting engaged to getting Blackwater Fever and getting evacuated by air ambulance. Twice.

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Going home. Huw’s not better so we’re about to be flown back to the UK for treatment. (Proper blog update coming soon, I promise!)

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A selection of photographs of places we’ve stayed during our first ten months on the road.

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Doc confirmed this week that Huw definitely had blackwater fever. We thought it must be but good to know for sure.

more »

A BBC audio slideshow on Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom – http://tinyurl.com/yz83qna

more »

Cycling through sweet Sierra Leone via Freetown, Shenge, Kenema, Bo and Tiwai Island. Photography by Bex Sumner and Huw Williams, November and December 2009.

Related sound: Yellow-casqued Hornbill (Tiwai Island) »
Back to all galleries »

more »

Any tips for good W Africa freight firms? To ship bikes back from Liberia, without paying for whole container (DHL/Fedex etc won’t do it)

more »

The journey through Guinea-Bissau and Guinea (Conakry). In this stretch, we travelled by bike, boat and, because of the unstable situation in Guinea at the time, by Land Rover, courtesy of the fine folks at Atlantic Rising . Photographs by Bex Sumner and Huw Williams, 2009.

Related gallery: Faces of the Bijagos (Guinea-Bissau) »
Related blog: Into Guinea-Bissau: drug barons, dogs’ heads and difficult decisions »
Related blog: Guinea: a dash through a dashing country »
Related sound: The chain ferry to Guinea »
Related sound: The pirogue to Orango »
Back to all galleries »

more »

An upside to being back in the UK: books. Lots of them. In English. Any recommendations before we go soundscape/nature sound book shopping?

more »

Huw’s recovered from the malaria/E Coli/whatever – he’s just been discharged from hospital in London :) As for the culture shock…

more »

A quick summary of our last two months – from getting engaged to getting Blackwater Fever and getting evacuated by air ambulance. Twice.

more »

Going home. Huw’s not better so we’re about to be flown back to the UK for treatment. (Proper blog update coming soon, I promise!)

more »

A selection of photographs of places we’ve stayed during our first ten months on the road.

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