Hotel Impala Malabo

... hours (take note that when races are held to the summit and back down the record is 4hr 30mins) and the full day shall take around 11 hours. Climbing up to Hut Three and throughout the summit climb the temperature can be around 2oC to 4oC with strong winds. For us we would be climbing against strong winds and misty conditions. We reached Hut Three, which is at an altitude of 3740m and rested before the final climb. My lowest point of the climb was just before here ...

... and pieces were falling into place. It was obvious they were very enthused. We took a short break and then covered more fundamental beliefs. There were many questions on each item, some theoretical some practical: not only the "what" and the "why" but also the "how." At noon we broke for lunch: fish, rice, plantain and sauce. I skipped lunch today. Neither the night nor the morning had been very kind to ...

... through the light rain to the church hall. The trip took about 45 minutes; there was less traffic than usual. I saw quite a few people well dressed, walking back home after their sunrise service with no sun in evidence, I'm sure. At the hall we waited a while for Emmanuel Andang, who works nights, and still wants to attend the seminars; he arrived only a little late and fully participated all day, though he did go nap during our breaks ...

... markets and hawkers and taxis and motorcycles and transport-trucks and policemen and children-carrying-water and all the other things one sees here went by in a slow blur. The taxi driver was a little older than usual and drove well: cautiously, wisely, but not fearfully. The car itself wasn't great, but I hope we use his services more. We arrived at our church hall about 9:30, half an hour before services ...

... it over his head as we headed down to the carpark where the shuttle should be. But we found it had already left full of passengers. We took a decrepit taxi that rattled in an alarming number of places as we drove off. Moïse gave the appropriate tip to the porter before we left, but since I was a Westerner, he was expecting more, and let us know so in no uncertain terms. The driver waited, since the porter had done him a favor by bringing us to ...

... toasted cheese, tomato and basil sandwiches. A seemingly simple dish but one so delicious and rare you wanted to savour every mouthful. To top if off they also served the BEST mango daquiris EVER. Even better than those in London at Dirty Martini/Retox! That's saying something. They had a gorgeous little shop annexed to the bar with imports from around Africa. Of course I wanted to buy about a million and one things. After ...

... le cameroun et surtout une route memorable pour atteindre Limbe. A travers la jungle, craignant les coupeurs de route, avec 1/2 tonnes de carburants sur une vielle 505 sur des routes boueuses ou les camions ont creuses des sillons quasi infranchissables sur la route. Le chauffeur est excellent meme quand les ornieres font 2 metres de haut et quand la voiture penche de 40 degres a droite ou gauche, ou passe en glissant quasiment ...

... we needed and I asked him to arrange a Chinese mini-bus (holds about 8 people in cramped conditions or 4 or 5 in comfortable conditions), because I didn't want to be cramped for 4 hours on the way up to and back from Limbé. He asked what to do if he couldn't find one of those that would make the trip, and I replied we could get a larger van and perhaps take a few other people with us. This morning he arrived with a taxi-van (just a normal sized van) that is legally ...

... s volcanic black sand beaches. I've read about them in oth** places, but this was the first time I actually saw a black sand beach. Limbe is also only a rath** short distance as the crow flies from Calabar, *****ia, a trip that took us well ov** a week via a circuitous land route on t**rible roads. Th**e is an ov**night f**ry that runs sev**al times a week between the two, howev**, a travel possibility chosen by two memb**s of our group (Dave and Gretchen) for ...

... 2.5 hours north of Quito. Famous for holding the biggest indigenous market in Ecuador and for being surrounded by amazing lakes and mountains which are great for hiking. Otavalo: The markets were stunning. An animal market which we visited at 6.30am! Very interesting to see the locals bartering for goats, pigs, cows and horses! Pigs are mental!! Well worth getting up early for. There was also a massive craft market that dominated the main Plaza and all of the ...