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- Yaounde
- Capital
- CFA Franc BEAC (XAF)
- Currency
- 15,803,220
- Population
- CM
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Cameroon
Travel Blogs from Cameroon
usflug uf limbe
min ufenthalt do neigt sich langsam am endi zue, aber no ein usflug wenn mir mache. mir fahren uf limbe. dia stadt liit am meer und isch berühemt für de schwarzi sandstrand. de isch schwarz will d'lava und d'äsche vum vulkan mount kamerun do bis is ...
Trying to get a Bus to Bertoua
At the park, we were trying to get a bus to Bertoua and we were very hungry at this time. We went out to buy something to eat in a cafeteria but getting there we were offered free fried rice with meat by the Muslim guy since it was Muslim feast day. We ...
di letschte täg
5 wuche bi i do in douala g'si. es isch weniger schlimm g'si as i dengt ha, aber i wörde nid viil vermisse vu do. nid s'roschtig wasser i de duschi, d'müüs vum mount kamerun, di schlächt luft, de g'schmagg vu antibrum oder schwarzem ...
D.C (Douala City)
Si il y a une chose qui frappe le plus à D.C., c'est le la taille de la ville. Je n'ai jamais vraiment visité douala dans mon enfance; il est vrai que j'y suis allé quelques fois, mais je pense que même si j'y étais allé plus souvent, je n'aurais ...
School System
Last night, we received word that our luggage had arrive in Yaounde and was in the hands of our taxi driver. The luggage is making the nine hour drive on two separate buses. The first bus will leave Yaounde and travel to a town three hours from where ...
15 décembre : Arrivée à Douala
Finalement, après un vol sans histoire d'environ 6 heures, nous sommes arrivés à Douala vers 21h45 soit une heure plus tard que prévu. Pas si mal si l’on considère que le décollage s’est fait avec deux bonnes heures de ...
Logistics company in cameroon
The Slog Trans is a Logistics company in cameroon specialized in air, maritime, rail, road and express transportation in cameroon. ...
unser haus in africa
seit Einiger zeit Haben Wir ein Haus in Douala. es liegt aussehalb von Douala, in Einem neu Viertel. vor 3 bis 4 jahren Were We sterben einzigen in diesem Viertel, erschlossen jetzt ist alles. Auf unserem Grundstück Haben Wir Eine Eigene ...
20 June
... Yaya’s adult sons, Aliu, who was visiting home. Aliu, and three of his borthers, drive freight trucks between Cameroon, Nigeria, C.A.R, and Congo. After breakfast we played with the kids for a while, greeted the elders, looked at their family ...
another beach
... though as black volcanic sand. Give me white sand anyday. Three of the group and the driver and his wife climbed Mt Cameroon _ 3 day walk. I opted out. Instead did a short walk to a crater lake, lighthouse on the point etc. And ...
Early-morning arrival in Douala
... sensation to see the power and scope of those phenomena. We spent 40 minutes on the ground in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon and then took off again for Douala where we arrived a little after 01:00. Surprisingly I moved quickly through immigration and ...
Farming
... and used them to make a cushion for the top of her head because she carried the sack back on the top of her head. In Cameroon, women do all of the farming. Farming is done completely by hand. Some people have hoes, but that is the only tool they ...
Bucket showers and chefferies
Dschang is very different from Yaoundé, but in the best ways. My family is awesome--there are 8 people living at the house including the parents, 9 including me. There are 7 kids in the family, 5 of which live at the house: my 13 year-old brother ...
Yaounde...a surreal place
Yaounde, the capital. A busy city where everybody walks or rides a taxi or motorcycle. Street vendors everywhere and everybody has something to ...
From the Beauty of Belo to the Death of a Chicken!
Well greetings from Cameroon! Sorry this has taken me a while, the connection has been awful, so I think it's this rather than emails i'll be using! Well Belo is absolutely beautiful, there's quite a bit of rain but after all it is rainy season! So far ...
Powdered Milk + Andola + No Clothes = First Day!!!
... a linguist named Ginger who has been working here for years. After lunch I slept!!! Naps are always GOOD here in Cameroon. The evening consisted of getting to know the "team" over a fajita dinner. One teamate is named Josh and is ...
Day 2 Road Trip
... ; from mountainous to flat rainforest climate. We saw our first stop lights in the country of Cameroon. There were three, but only two were working. Drivers were following thelights, which apparently doesnʼt ...
One in a million...
''Il y a presque 25 ans nous nous sommes rencontrés et le temps ne l'a pas affecté. Il est resté constant, égal à la lui même et aux valeurs qu'il véhicule. 25 années au cours desquels, il a montré à ses proches que le bonheur n'était pas ...
Finally, on to Cameroon
Yesterday, Thursday was a very long day. I worked in the morning, and suffering from cabin fever, I took a taxi out to a well-reputed Lebanese restaurant not far away for hummus and falafel. The food was good and hot, and not expensive. But I started ...
Chiefs and Police
Hello! Sa'a? (How is it?) I can’t remember quite where I left off last time (I’m writing at home to save precious internet minutes) but I have a few things to report on. Firstly, work. The three of us (me, Louise & Justin) ...
Day 108 Leaving Yaounde - yay!
Lazy day today. Visa's aren’t ready until 4pm so have to be out of here by 12 or they will charge us for another day’s camping. So up breakfast, showered and pulled the tent down whilst Lucky went cook group shopping. Surfed the net for news ...
Heat and Petrol in the morning
... farmers and military bases, small villages and foreign NGOs. The most exciting thing I saw on this trip was the colossal Mount Cameroon, one of Africa's largest volcanoes. When you first look at it you think it may be a strange cloud formation, but then ...
from cameroun
Salaam aleikum! And there would be no story if there would not be the tellers to tell..... So my dear ones I am afraid I have been very busy coping with my experience in Africa but now it's a good moment to share some of the happenings ...
Goodbya Mzungu, hello Unbangne
OK, someone asked for an orphan blog, so here it is! I've been in Cameroon for just over a week now and am getting in to work. It's pretty slow going at the moment as the organisation I'm volunteering with (RUDEC, Rural Development Centre) is only ...
Pas de lumière, pas de problème
... important in this country) in a day in order to maintain their appearance. Cleanliness is something taken quite seriously in Cameroon, which I have discovered from personal experience. When a group of students from the program and I were walking back to ...
Another week in Cameroon boys and girls!
Well I missed my flight! The road from Kumbo is officially ridiculous. I had originally planned to spend a few days in Kumbo as my last treat before I headed back to Bamenda then on to Doula for my flight on Sunday. However the weather here had other ...