Chasing the Convoy

The Presidential lodge (or compound or residence or whatever its called) actually backs up to the house that I continue to live in on Lucy Drive. Our house is at the top of this hill, with a serve road behind it that leads down to the Prez's pad. The house has great views of the city, and because it sits so high up and close to the Prez's pad, we actually have pretty good water and electricity services. (Pretty good means, that the power only goes out 3 or 4 times per week versus every day).

Anyway, the real benefit is that every morning I hear and see the Presidential motorcade as it winds down the service road leaving the Prez's pad to take him to Statehouse. No, I don't get excited to see the Prez every day in his S-class Mercedes, but rather I get excited to time the departure from my house so that we can piggy back onto the motorcade and get to Statehouse quickly.

Traffic is such a problem in Freetown, then short journeys can take an hour due to single lane roads and massive congestion. But if you can jump into the Presidential motorcade, you can save yourself at least 20-30 mins. The only catch is that this assumes the guys with AK-47s in the pickup truck behind the Mercedes don't shoot you. And thats a big assumption...