Dear J, not wishing to put a dampner on your enthausiam, but a bit of advise. Items to pack when going to freetown:
Rodent traps for the snakes/spiders/creepies
Mossy spray
Fly swat not a bad idea as can be used to finish off the creepies
Flame thrower incase none of the above work!
Pillow
Sheets
Banket
Water
Food that requires no refridgeration as there is no fridge in the room and NO ROOM SERVICE
Alcohol ... lots of it - you'll need it to get you through the night
Happy pills
Books - preferably happy thought books. Nothing depressing.
Padding to create your own padded cell effect as you'll need this by day 5
Day/night flares as there is no telephone in the room but don't worry, the staff will come along and bang on the door with a big stick to wake you up!
Very casual clothing - the bar isn't exactly upmarket if you dare to venture there. Might as well as you can't really go out due to dangerous
Don't rely on even CNN or BBC World news unless you speak the local language because there is only one crap local station (that usually doens't work).
One a positive side, the crew are lovely at BMED. I'm not there anymore. Joined 9/11 and survived the cullings (incidentally, all those not kept on were bought back and all of them came back except for one). BMED only did what every other airline did to survive so don't be put off by that situation discussed on pervious threads. It's a funny airline. Don't plan on staying there too long term and the destinations will do your head in. Have fun and move on. Freetown no joke, but others not as bad. Good luck
