It won't come as any surprise to know that at last today has come with a bit of relief. No more sleeps until we are out of **** D'Ivoire. We have the night flight tonight and the day begins by saying goodbye to the place by the sea. It hasn't shown up on my map - I did try but I kept coming up with San Pedro's in South America so gave up. We are about 20 km to the east of Liberia in a port town full of cacao factories.

I have had little sleep again as when switched off, the light in my room kept flashing. Worried about an electric shock on my last day, I wandered about late last night to look for someone to fix it. In the end it was just a matter of the man who spent until midnight jet washing a giant fish standing on my pillow to take the bulb out which was fair enough I suppose.

We have passed mile upon mile of Palm tree plantations today to get to Abidjan, stopping on the way at an orphanage. This is an amazing charity- run place with 71 children, most between 0-5 years with some sort of disability who have been abandoned by their families for things as simple as being deaf or blind. It is very well run and is like a mini oasis with a massive fuss being made about a donation of what equals about £14 and a box of crayons. Anyone who is interested, I have more details.

We have now arrived at Abidjan to wait for our night flight. There have been some amazing highlights to our trip, including the dodgy west . There have also been some definite lowlights!

Next trip is Colombia in August!