GUINEA-CONAKRY
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea , is a coastal country bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Cote d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south. It is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry after its capital Conakry, to distinguish it from other territories in the eponymous region such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea.Fouta Djallon is a highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea. Fouta-Djallon consists mainly of rolling grasslands, at an average elevation of about 900 m (3,000 ft). The highest point, Mount Loura, rises to 1,515 m (4,970 ft). The plateau consists of thick sandstone formations that overlie granitic basement rock. Erosion by rain and rivers has carved deep jungle canyons and valleys into the sandstone.
BEST TIME to VISIT GUINEA
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to CONAKRY
from November to March
Lake Samaya - Famous Market every sunday
Lake Samaya - Famous market every sunday
ladies
shops and houses
landscape
landscape
Road to Kindia - shops
Road to Kindia - shops
Road to Kindia - shops
Road to Kindia - shops
village
Road to Kindia - need a bed ??
Road to Kindia - fresh meat - the man is trying to attract the drivers to sell meat
road to Kindia - Wood is sold along the road and is used to cook meals
Lake Samaya
Road to Lake Samaya - landscape
bad luck
unfortunately waste is often thrown away in the villages and along the road
some drivers can be dangerous - so be careful
Road to Kindia - Mosque in a village
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
typical hut in a village
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
Lake Samaya - shop
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
motorbike and shops
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
motorbike
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
Road to Kindia - Wood for sale (for cooking)
around Fouta Djalon - Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
be aware of animals on the road
Road to Kindia - shop
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
unfortunately waste is often thrown away in the villages and along the road
truck
Town of Mamou - street view
women on the road
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
street view - restaurants
street view - market
street view - market
motorbike taxi
street view - market
street view - motorbikes
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
Bus - extra seat on the roof - we don't recommend
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
road to Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away - fly away chicken !!
selling meat on the road - the man is trying to attract the drivers
landscape
cattle moving freely
shops along the road
ananas field
Lake Samaya
Road to Lake Samaya - shops
Road to lake Samaya - shops
house - drying seeds
typical old house
unfortunately waste is often thrown away in the villages and along the road
shop
shop
market
Lake Samaya
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away from the other side of the lake
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away from the other side of the lake
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away from the other side of the lake
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
Drivers aren't always cautious and this is the result
market and the woman will try to sell something to drivers
shop
house and woman
selling meet along the road
shop
special seat on the roof - we don't recommand
shop and elegant lady
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
Mechanical workshop along the road
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
truck to Lake Samaya called Air Samaya
landscape and palm trees
motorbike
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
water stream
motorbike taxi
shop
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
bad unpaved road
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away from the other side of the lake
Boats bringing goods at the Lake Samaya market
lake Samaya - unloading goods from the boat
women
Lake Samaya market - elegant lady
motorbike
Lake Samaya Market - waste is often thrown away
Lake Samaya - installing the goods at the market
motorbike crossing a village
around Fouta Djalon - woman at the river
around Fouta Djalon - young girl in a village
around Fouta Djalon - Peulh village - elegant lady
around Fouta Djalon - woman and baby
around Fouta Djalon - Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
around Fouta Djalon - family on a motorbike
around Fouta Djalon - boys carrying wood
around Fouta Djalon - pretty girl and his small brother
around Fouta Djalon - boys in a village
around Fouta Djalon - Peulh people are shepherds with goat, sheep and cows
around Fouta Djalon - woman and baby
around Fouta Djalon - large tree called fromager
around Fouta Djalon - woman and baby at the river
around Fouta Djalon - boys
around Fouta Djalon - Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
around Fouta Djalon - typical cow
around Fouta Djalon - young boy
around Fouta Djalon - young boy
around Fouta Djalon - woman carrying goods
around Fouta Djalon - Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
around Fouta Djalon - Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
around Fouta Djalon - Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
around Fouta Djalon - Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
around Fouta Djalon - woman on the road
around Fouta Djalon - boys
around Fouta Djalon - Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away from the other side of the lake
around Fouta Djalon - woman
around Fouta Djalon - woman
around Fouta Djalon - cattle
around Fouta Djalon - market
around Fouta Djalon - woman and baby
around Fouta Djalon - market
around Fouta Djalon - Lake Samaya - Market - woman bringing goods
around Fouta Djalon - ladies at the market
around Fouta Djalon - girl and her brother
around Fouta Djalon - Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
around Fouta Djalon - woman at the market
around Fouta Djalon - Special seat at the back of the car - we don't recommend
around Fouta Djalon - Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
around Fouta Djalon - market
small dog - unfortunately waste is often thrown away in the villages and along the road
motorbike in a village
house
wall-board in a village school - learning in french
unpaved road to Peulh village
motorbike
Ainguel village - the river
small dog - unfortunately waste is often thrown away in the villages and along the road
Dalaba - old colonial house
Dalaba - old colonial house
shop
Dalaba - Governor Palace
Dalaba - Governor palace - Palabre building
goat
huts in a peulh village
hut and goats in a peulh village
mosque in a village
unpaved road and truck
unpaved road - in 2022 most of the roads are very bad but the government is working on it
road is so dusty : all trees are recovered by red dust
women
filling containers with water and come back home
young shepherd
on the move
typical hut
couple on a motorbike
Bridge of God (Pont de Dieu) is a natural stone bridge
Bridge of God (Pont de Dieu) is a natural stone bridge
river
a special seat on this truck
washing clothes at the river
baby on a wheelbarrow
roads are dangerous : bad condition and drivers breaking the rules - Here the result of an accident
Diallo Couture - Broderie shop
truck with an extra seat
shop
shop
shop
typical hut in a peulh village
cooking in a peulh village
typical hut in a peulh village
typical hut in a peulh village
inside a peulh hut : it's very simple : just a bed and boxes to keep the food
typical hut
young goat
cattle
cow and calf on the side
Peulh hut and goats
inside a peulh hut : it's very simple : just a bed and boxes to keep the food
typical hut in a peulh village
street view
woman
motorbike
unpaved road
house
village
motorbike on a unpaved road
landscape
motorbike
unpaved road and motorbike
cow and calf
mother and child
cattle and shepherd
again a very damaged car after an accident
market
Lac Samaya - Famous Market - Merchants come with their wares as many people come to this event from far away
market
market
motorbike
market
shop at the market
motorbike
women
school in a village
hut and sheep
hut and young girl
huts in a village
typical hut
women cooking
cleaning the cars at the river
mother and girl at the river
unpaved road
cattle
unpaved road
river
unpaved road
motorbike
landscape and palm trees
typical huts in a village
typical huts in a village
typical huts
children and mothers in a village
young goat
street view
trucks on a dusty road
around Fouta Djalon - market
around Fouta Djalon - market
around Fouta Djalon - girl
around Fouta Djalon - woman
around Fouta Djalon - girl
around Fouta Djalon - market
around Fouta Djalon - market
around Fouta Djalon - woman
around Fouta Djalon - women
around Fouta Djalon - woman
around Fouta Djalon - bringing bananas to the market
woman and baby
motorbike
market
market
around Fouta Djalon - street view
around Fouta Djalon - vendors offered goods to drivers on the road
around Fouta Djalon - vendors offered goods to drivers on the road - he a young boy
around Fouta Djalon - lizard
around Fouta Djalon - children
around Fouta Djalon - boy playing with a tyre
around Fouta Djalon - children
around Fouta Djalon - boy
around Fouta Djalon - boys
around Fouta Djalon - bringing goods to the market
around Fouta Djalon - waterfall
around Fouta Djalon - motorcycle
around Fouta Djalon - women
around Fouta Djalon - young girl
around Fouta Djalon - Impressive Ceiba tree
around Fouta Djalon - boy
around Fouta Djalon - street view
around Fouta Djalon - market
around Fouta Djalon - woman and baby
around Fouta Djalon - woman and baby
around Fouta Djalon - woman
market
street view
shop
village
landscape
landscape
landscape
landscape
market
market
market
market
market
market
huts in a remote village
Huts in a village
huts in a village
typical huts in a village
market
Kindia - Market
murals
murals
advertising
fishing port
fishing boats
fishing boats
fish market
fish market
market
selling wood
market
people waiting a train early morning
Traffic is intense and you can take 1 hour for 1 kilometer ! almost no public transport
Traffic is intense with plenty cars and motorbikes
street view - Traffic is intense and rules not always respected
Women crossing a street
overloaded bus
restaurant
family
this statue is the symbol of Guinea and represent fertility
woman and baby
egret fishing on Atlantic Ocean shore
Antelops on a round-about
life is difficult for disable persons
going to school
resort and pool
women
selling fish
market
women
selling fish
waste is often dropped in the street and there is no cleaning service