Sierra Leone is synonymous with civil war, child soldiers, blood diamonds, and most is synonymous with civil war, child soldiers, blood diamonds and most recently the Ebola virus. Few travellers venture here. Yet there is another side to this West African country and Seán goes off in search of it. His backpack is initially lost, he soon becomes entangled in a public lynching and travels into former rebel territory to wild camp in the jungle, home to monkeys and Africa’s deadliest beast, the hippo.Seán also visits Chimpanzees undergoing rehabilitation and discovers almost-secluded beaches on the south coast. He meets former combatants, watches amputee footballers, meets ‘Prince William’, sleeps amongst cannibals and discovers the practices of secret societies.