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poyo

Taking the back way through Sierra Leone

December 5, 2012 By Michael Wuitchik 2 Comments

I hadn’t counted on National Cleanup Day. A country with no garbage pickup—no recycling. On windy days plastic bags swirl like leaves. But not on National Cleanup Day. The only vehicles on the roads belong to police, or the military or politicians. Everyone else is ordered to remain at home, sweeping one’s compound of trash. […]

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Filed Under: Musings, Salone 2012 Tagged With: back way across Sierra Leone, blog, freetown, Michael Wuitchik's blog, National Cleaning Day, poyo, Salone, Sierra Leone, travel, yellow taxi

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