Cameroon Travel Blogs

Hunt for the Mozambique Consulate
Aug 8, 2005

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Hiking in the clouds.
Oct 13, 2005 (7 photos)

Cameroon Highlands are famous for their high altitude tea plantations. Although this sounds about exciting as Matlock, the place was actaully very scenic, green and cool. It's a great place to escape the insane heat. Basically I took a bus there, stayed ...

Cameroon's Story
Jun 15, 2009 (21 photos)

... in return. Houses and dress also changed. From mainly concrete and tin houses in Nigeria back to traditional mud huts in Cameroon. The round huts, with pointy grass roofs, seemed to be organised in clusters and sometimes compounds, which were different in ...

Day 95 101 - Cameroon, Limbe - Mango Daquiris
Feb 12, 2009

... cash then left.  Very grateful was he that they didn't take his camera. It was Mum Kate's birthday whilst trekking Mt Cameroon so when they arrived back we all headed to Arne for a night of bunny chow and cocktails.  It also fitting in ...

Uncertain times
Apr 16, 2006

I'm posting this message, which may be my last, because I don't know what to write in response to my friends and family. I left my site over a week ago to come to IST in Dougia, an hour north of NDjamena. I hardly said goodbye to people in Mongo, I was ...

Retour Yaounde
Mar 9, 2009

On vient rechercher ses visas.

Route mauvaise
Feb 27, 2009 (15 photos)

Mon objectif apres Bouar etait d aller vers la parc Nat Dzangha Sangha voir les gorilles et les pygmees. Pour cela je pris la route Bouar-Carnot-Berberati-Nola-Bayanga. Je traversai la region diamantiferes de centrafrique et je le compris tout de suite ...

The Malaria Diet
Jun 15, 2009 (2 photos)

... . I think I will write a book called, " The Malaria Diet". Could be a big hit.... As a result my experience of Cameroon has been a blur and I'm not too sure whats its like here. Due to the Malaria and my pending flights home to Australia I will ...

Day 94 - Cameroon, Bush Camp 2 - Spider v Cricket
Feb 10, 2009

The rain didn't persist during the night so we're hoping for another semi dry day.  Jay and Kelvin were tinkering around with the truck due to a few things coming loose, as was expected on such terrible roads.  To fill in time we ...

Encore Maroua
Feb 22, 2009

On repasse toujours par Maroua

Ngoundere
Feb 24, 2009 (5 photos)

Cette fois ci je prends le bus a travers des pistes de latérite au lieu du confort du train. Direction la centrafrique - RCA.

Day 102 111 - Cameroon, Yaounde - Get Me Out
Feb 18, 2009

... went in search of something anyway.  Managed to find a nice restaurant within a park but that was about it.  Cameroon's only cinema had closed a few weeks earlier so that was out.  Bit hard to organise something when we don't really have ...

Cameroon
Jun 25, 2009

... off bright and early to Buea.  The journey took about 6 hours and we were dropped off at the Mt Cameroon Ecotourism Organistation office where the process of booking was relatively easy.  After arranging everything we went and booked into the ...

Ville frontiere
Feb 24, 2009 (6 photos)

Le guide touriste indiquait que c etait une ville frontiere. Et insistait sur ce point car elle se trouve litteralement sur la frontiere mais qu il y a surtout une atmosphere de far west. Et bien sur je le remarquais immediatement ceci a mon hotel qui ...

Battery Issues
Feb 13, 2008 (25 photos)

I haven't been able to make blog posts or work images like I would like because our battery set up has not been reliable at all. In Bangui it worked perfectly but in Bayanga it has been a total failure. It is the battery for sure. We borrowed a voltmeter ...

RCA:Region Champagne Ardenne ou Rep Centrafrique
Feb 25, 2009 (70 photos)

Je suis venu voir les mégalithes dans cette ville célèbre pour avoir accueillie une base militaire française. J ai eu de la chance en tombant sur un prêtre orthodoxe grec qui m a invite chez lui et fait visiter les environs de Bouar. J étais en sécurité chez car ...

Retour a Yaounde
Mar 4, 2009

Enfin de retour a la capitale; apres ce long périple en bus a travers le Cameroun en alternant bus de jour et de nuit quand il existe. J arrive brun a cause de la poussiere et j ai eu le droit au chenille blanche comme a Koh Lanta en guise de petit dej. ...

Cote d azur camerounaise
Mar 7, 2009 (24 photos)

Kribi possede de belle plage mais on sent le cout du WE passé. Kribi est l destination la plus chere du cameroun.

End of contract
Mar 1, 2007

From this moment on, my contract is over. So I now have plenty of time to organize the road trip this travelogue is all about. My main occupation for the weeks to come will therefore be to find, buy and equip a 4X4 vehicule. So far I have seen some quite ...

Avoiding Chaos
Sep 27, 2003 (1 photos)

First off, I want to thank everyone for the crazy amounts of mail! To Sue thank you for the wonderful package with all the goodies that made my mouth hit the floor. To Aunt Dot for the beautiful letter, congrats to Bobby and the new house. To Mom for ...

Cases d argile
Feb 23, 2009 (7 photos)

J ai pris une moto a partir de la ville de Maroua direction la frontiere du tchad pour voir une tribu qui possede des cases en argiles tres photogenique. Le periple vers la frontiere a été plus long que prevu soit plus de 200km A/R avec des pannes toutes ...

Chasse aux visas
Feb 16, 2009 (13 photos)

Je viens dans la capitale pour la chasse aux visas. Je prevois d en faire 7. Mais tous d un coup. D abord celui pour le tchad et la Rep. Centrafricaine., puis apres Guinee Equatoriale, Gabon ceux des congos et sao tome et principe. Ici, on trouve d ...

Day 93 - Cameroon, Bush Camp 1 - Thunderstorms
Feb 9, 2009

... lunch on the truck as passports were getting processed.  Made it through by 2:30.  As soon as we were in Cameroon, the sealed road finished and dirt one, full of monster pot holes, began.  Thankfully there had been pretty much slim to ...

Au pays des pics
Feb 22, 2009 (24 photos)

C est un coin touristique du cameroun et a juste titre. Le paysage est impressionnant : une série de pics surgit de nulle part. On se trouve juste a cote du Nigeria, frontière que l on franchit sans aucun contrôle. Les photos sont belles j espere arriver a ...

Day 114 - Cameroon, Near Yaounde - Motorbike Fire
Mar 2, 2009

Up very early... like 5.30 early except we slept in so got up at 6.  Warm grey day with the threat of showers in the distance.  Left camp by 7, me jumping up on the closed in beach so as to keep as far away as possible from any visiting ...

Retour à la francophonie (Fr+Pt)
Mar 5, 2009 (17 photos)

La tâche de traverser le Nigéria n'a pas été trop compliquée du fait que mon Ambassade s'est occupée de tout jusqu'au point de me mettre dans une voiture qui m'amenerait à Calabar. Malheureusement Calabar n'était pas la bonne frontière et j'étais obligé de passer la ...

Train camerounais
Feb 18, 2009 (4 photos)

Je viens d acheter le ticket de train pour le nord du cameroun. Direction le tchad ainsi les montagnes du bandara. J ai pris un ticket couchette, donc je devrais bien dormir et mettre facilement mon sac a l abris (compartiment de 4). J ai du attendre ...

Au milieu de la jungle
Mar 2, 2009 (23 photos)

J avais eu de la chance au lieu d un parcours épique sur une moto loue sur une route a travers la jungle vierge, j ai eu le droit un voyage tout frais payé par une ONG qui vérifiait les puits d eau de la région. Ils ont fait un détour rien que pour moi. Ils ...

Day 95 - Cameroon, Limbe - Waterfall Bathing
Feb 11, 2009

... on either side.   Really pretty place. "Limbe - population 40,000.  Seaside Limbe is one of Cameroon's most popular beach resorts, especially on weekends when hordes of vacationers (expats) come to town.  The rest of the week ...

Day 112 113 - Cameroon, Kribi - Ocean Waterfalls
Feb 28, 2009

Oh my god it is so good to be out of Yaounde and back on the beach.  Kribi's been a favourite spot for travellers to take some time off from the road and relax on the beach enjoying freshly caught seafood.  It's also a popular destination for ...