Guinea Christmas

We stopped near a waterfall for a swim and to have our Christmas meal. A few photos of the waterfall.

 The swimming area is above the waterfall off to the left of the photo. Luckily the current is not strong and the river becomes shallower as it gets to the top of the waterfall so there is not too much danger of being swept over the top.

 Looking down the gorge.

 But above the river was a forest fire, luckily on the far side of the river. We were safe on our side as it had already been burnt the week before and there was nothing left to burn but it also meant that there was no fire wood for the fuel.

 The water  from the river was also used for HEP, a view of the pipes running down to the power station.

 The river was also used to provide water for drinking although the pipes leading down the valley were rather conspicuous and no effort had been made to ben them into the landscape or to bury them.

 A colourful bush in flower.

The face of the dam upstream from where we were camping.

 Looking downstream with the drinking water pipe on the left.

 A view of the the downside of the dam looking from the top of the dam.

The realm waters of the eservoir above the dam.