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While on a trip to Sierra Leone, I was driving down a bumpy road on my way back to Freetown when I noticed some school children on the side of the road. I told my driver to stop an roll down the window and asked him if it was alright to take a photo of them. He said ok and then shouted something to them. But the children was just staring at me and my big camera. Then I waved and smiled at them and they all started waving and laughing. I leaned over my driver and pressed the shutter. It was a pure lucky shot and Im very happy how it turned out.

The Cotton Tree is an historic symbol of Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone. According to legend, the "Cotton Tree" gained importance in 1792 when a group of former African American slaves, who had gained their freedom by fighting for the British during the American War of Independence, settled the site of modern Freetown. These Black Loyalist settlers, called "Nova Scotians" or "Navitians" in Sierra Leone, founded Freetown on March 11th 1792. According to tradition, they landed on the shoreline and walked up to a giant tree just above the bay and held a thanksgiving service there, gathering around the tree in a large group and praying and singing hymns to thank God for their deliverance to a free land. Its exact age is unknown, but it is known to have existed in 1787. - Wikipedia