Hotel Djeuga Palace Yaounde

10th - Crossed into Cameroon, we were originally heading towards the border town of Banki but we got news of a guy who had trained a hippo near Garoua, and thats where we were headed. After stopping for a food shop and using money changers we drove to where we would pick this guy up for this once-in-a-lifetime experience. He has trained this 1 hippo for 16 years and can get really close to it even climb on its back, it lives with a group of wild hippos in the river ...

We have been in Yaounde for 6 nights now, which is a long time to be in one place these days but having malaria has meant we jumped off the truck for the time being. In a way it has been nice to spend some time with just Ben (without 26 oth** people) and be able to call home and chat with friends and family. It also means we can update the blog! <br> <br>As Ben has done a write up on our adventure so far I thought I d write some lists : <br>Highlights (in no ...

The last week has been hell on Earth for me, if only for the reason that I caught Malaria. One of the worst things about it all is that I know when I got bitten by the damn mosquito that infected me. Sev**al weeks ago when I crossed the bord** from Benin into *****ia I had a rath** alcohol fueled night which continued into the wee early hours. When I woke in the morning I found myself cov**ed in bites, hundreds of them. I am normally the sort of p**son who is ...

<br><br>Having done little research for this trip (I suppose that's what happens when you only decide to come 4 weeks prior to departure!), I expected ev**y country to off** new surprises. Howev** an unexpected surprise for me has been the diff**ence between neighbouring countries within a short distance from the bord**. Aft** sev**al days bushcamping and driving through north-east *****ia and enjoying such joyous waves and excited responses to our truck, it was a stark ...

... de deux heures poussière nous étions arrivés. Contrairement à ce que je croyait déjà, Romanus n'a pas pû m'amen** chez lui par crainte de se faire int**rog** le lendemain par ses sup**ieurs, vu qu'il habite dans une espèce de cas**ne hors limite pour les communs mortels, surtout étrang**s. Je me retrouve donc dans la banlieu d'une grande ville en pleine nuit et je dois commenc** à pens** à me faire log** dans un aub**ge ou quelque chose de ce genre. C'est quand ...

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. Ces dernieres etaient cuites et avaient le gout de crevettes, il suffit d arriver a les mettre en bouche.

... didn't make it simply stayed on the floor. Hmmm peachy. Oliver and I upgraded to the only double room available for 4 nights. No ensuite but nice to sleep in a real bed, albeit slightly uncomfortable, plus have power sockets to charge all our stuff. Days were mainly filled flitting between the internet and divine bakery located opposite - one way to ensure putting on a few unwanted kg! Suzy befriended a rabid dog and would buy him ham &amp ...

... place to organize visas for neighbouring countries, as all of them, and many more African countries, have their embassies here, most of them in the residential quartier of Bastos.Prices for a tourist visa vary from country to country,but go from 40 euros for the Central African Republic and Rep.of Congo to 58 euros for Chad, and as high as 76/120 euros for a single/multiple entry visa for Gabon. After the succesful collection of the visas ...

... barrack ( we thought it's the residence of some des**t bandits)...you would say why a shock...well....the beginning of the city is made of tents in poor conditions with people in a v**y difficult state of sustainability of their life and health, with children begging and harassing , with animals eating from the garbage that can be seen in all the corn**s of the streets suffocated by sand. Yeah....it seemed we ent**ed anoth** world which much lat** you will see will ...