Trip to the Republic of Guinea – Day Two

The morning was spent at the Terrou-Bi Hotel, situated on a small private beach along the Senegal coastline and overlooking the Iles des Madeleines. A morning walk along the coastline did not produce much apart from a few White-breasted Cormorants perched on boats in the small harbour, a pair of Spur-winged Lapwings in the hotel grounds, several Common Bulbuls in the garden and two Western Reef Herons along the rocks. The team met each other properly after breakfast and then we had time to do a bit of work until checkout time. From there it was back to the airport for an evening flight to Conakry (Republic of Guinea). When travelling in West Africa its good to keep in mind that when it seems to be going so smoothly, then something is about to go wrong! We had checked through to the departure lounge and were waiting for our flight when we were told that the weather in Conakry was too bad for us to land. The flight was being postponed to tomorrow morning 10h00!! So we had to get a taxi back to the Terrou-Bi for another night at the hotel. Worse still, our luggage had already been loaded onto the plane, so were without our luggage.