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Town in Bolama Region, Guinea-Bissau
Photo: (WT-en) Pis bus at English Wikivoyage., Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Bolama is a city on Bolama Island in the Bijagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau. Due to its impressive array of decaying and crumbling colonial buildings, it has been described as the "colonial Angkor Wat".
Ask for Bebelito, who works at Loja Verte.
Pirogues are leaving regularly from Bissaus Pidjiguiti harbour, the ride takes about three hours. Price: CFA 3500 (2023)
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