Off to the Airport

My alarm woke me up at 3 am. I had barely slept for 4 hours. A quick shower and finally rearrangement of my suitcase before checking out at 4:05am.

I reminded the receptionist that I had booked for an airport drop off the previous day, so he called the driver who appeared with the hotel's bus 10 minutes later.

The ride to the airport was short, uneventful, and quick. We were the only ones on the road this morning and arrived at the airport around 4:20am.

Airport security at the airport entrance requested for my passport and ticket. He later asked about my experience in Sierrea Leone, and we got talking about the similarities between both nations, quite a pleasant man.

The ASKY airline counter wasn't open yet, so I used the opportunity to wrap my suitcase.

Checkin by ASKY Airline started at 6 am, which was quite late for an 8am flight. There weren't many passengers.

After checking in at the airline counter, I proceeded up the stairs towards the security scan, where I was asked for a Securipass receipt. Apparently, it is some form of payment of $25 every exiting passenger needs to pay. I was directed to a bank counter downstairs at the checkin hall to make payment. Since I had so much Leones to dispose, I requested payment in SLL, which was 575 SLL.

The immigration officer who stamped me out was very friendly when he discovered I was a Nigerian and asked for something. I told him I didn't have any Leone or Dollar left, and he said how about Naira so I gave him NGN 1,000 which he thought was a lot of money 😁Read more