Guinea Bissau Photo Essay

By Savannah Grace on March 17, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Guinea Bissau was a remarkably interesting and unique travel destination that we had the privilege of passing through on our overland journey circumnavigating Africa.

We arrived on local transport via Senegal and exited eight days later into Guinea. We met so many new people who became friends, took a boat out to the island Bolama where we discovered a cashew plantation, ruins of the old Portuguese empire there and were invited to a local school and asked to speak. Early morning walks, fully laden with backpacks, entertained us with the early buzz of people’s daily routines, chickens and burning piles of trash clouding the road ahead.

: An early morning walk to the bus station

: The port near Bissau.

: Getting ready to go to Bolama

: Passing a boat like the one we were on.

: On board and on our way to Bolama

: Bolama was once Portuguese and booming.

: This was the capital of Portuguese Guinea until 1941 and then abandoned.

: Amazing trunks on these trees.

: This is the current movie theatre and set up with a small tv at show times.

: Drawing sap to make palm wine.

: Bolama is starting to look like Angkor Wat

: This is actually a cashew fruit with the nut hanging on the bottom.

: Bolama is a large producer of cashews and Bre is standing on a pile of shells after roasting;

: Children of Bolama.

: We were the guest speakers in English classes for the day.

: Children at play in Guinea Bissau.

: Laundry day.

: A beautiful sunset at the end of the day.

If you’re looking for an extremely different approach to Africa and travel in general, try out Guinea Bissau for your next #TRLT destination!

Stay tuned for more #FridayFotos. Next week is Guinea.

View more photos of Guinea Bissau here.

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Savannah Grace

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