"Are you in the military?"

Before I continue, I should mention that I've changed the names of everyone in this blog.

Camouflage clothing is popular all over the world. Snowboarders where camo-coloured pants and jackets, teenagers where long baggy cargo pants in different camo-colour schemes. I've even seen camo-coloured outfits for babies. I myself in fact have two pairs of shorts, pants and surfing trunks that are in variable camouflage colours. Now, this is only relevant because apparently here in Sierra Leone, wearing camouflage is illegal unless you are in the military.

On the way to the beach this morning with my friend Craig, we got stopped by a cop who is apparently famous for stopping people on the way to the beach. Very nice and friendly fellow. He checked Craig's drivers license, and then asked me if I was in the military? I was a bit shocked by the question as it seem pretty out of the blue. I said no, at which point he told me that wearing camouflage is illegal. (I was wearing Billabong surfing trunks in a green camouflage colour). After a short negotiation which resulted in no bribe, we departed and hit the beach. Met up with some friends there and had a fantastic afternoon.

The only issue to speak of was the fact that it took 1 hour and 44 minutes to even order food at the restaurant at the beach (the only one there) and another 1 hour to get the food. Now most of you would laugh at this and tell me this is insane, but this is Sierra Leone and this is the nature of some of the best restaurants in the country. TIA.