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| Page Views: 55 Last Visit to Guinea: July, 2006 | Guinea by chris1275 - last update: Jan 27, 2007 |
Conakry is one of the most fascinating West African capital cities! Very poor with crumbling buildings, some with visible bullet holes, but also very tropical and wet. You won't see any other tourists here. |
|  | Tropical Guinea Off-shore tropical islands are visible from the Conakry coast. |
|  | Fishermen One has to be careful of what pictures he takes around town. These fishermen were happy to be photographed, but, while taking the picture of a monument, 3 men dressed in military clothes took my passport and walked away...! I got it back after offering them 20000 Guinean francs (US$2). |
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| Pros: | "Not spoilt by tourism, pure West Africa" | | Cons: | "Feels quite dangerous..." | | In A Nutshell: | "Beautiful country, but still has a long way to go before it can accept tourists" |
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