Hotel Mont-Febe Yaounde

... of the road. With the help of some locals we managed to get the truck out. Drove to N`Gadoundere which is at an altitude of 1100m, makes a change for the cooler weather in the daytime. Did a food shop before carrying on to the capital. We encountered our first rain barrier which was closed since it was raining and managed to get someone to open it by giving them a pack of cigarattes. Stopped at a local veterinary sort of place for the night just off the road and ...

... really do love to get out of the cities and see the stars, enjoy the peace and quite of the bush. Have said that - th**e are always people around, regardless of how remote you think you are th**e will be milling around at some point staring at the strange, mostly dirty travel**s. <br>5 Sunsets and moon rises in Mauritania, being mostly in the des**t the back drop for sun set was always spectacular and it was always a beautiful was to end the day. <br>6 ...

... normal or the people reading it had eye site problems. As the day turned to night I started to think I had a fev** to go with the stomach pains and now lack of appetite. Out came the th**momet** again, this time the doctor on the trip had a look and straight away said those horrible words that I still rememb** v**y well, "40 degrees, you have Malaria". I popped some panadol to reduce the fev** and took 'Mal**one', the anti Malaria drug. The rest of the night ...

... oth** countries in which the women have eith** wrapped or tailored the cloth to show their curvaceous figures).<br><br>Our first major town, Garoua, proved a disast** for me - I lost my only pair of prescription glasses, I got sandals resoled which promptly fell off within an hour and I bought a watch which broke within 10 minutes....howev** it was all made worthwhile on the way out of town when we discov**ed men that have a pet wild hippo (yes! that's correct,ov** the ...

... dans une « route » qu'était dans un très mauvais état, on a fait 5 crevaisons, bref...on est arrivés à Kumba non pas 5 heures, mais 24 heures après le départ ! C'était quand même assez marrant. Arrivé à Kumba je ne pense alors qu'à emprunt** la route menant à Douala et faire mon chemin. Il ne me reste plus que 4 jours pour trav**s** l'ensemble du pays avant d'arriv** au Gabon, alors pas de temps à p**dre, tant que le soleil me donne le privilège épanouissant de ses ...

... braved it out for a bit, driving with the sides up whilst wind and rain slashed through. Eventually they pressed the buzzer to pull over and scampered out in the torrenchal rain to pull the tarps down. With a crack of thunder, whip of wind and loud slaps of tropical raindrops we set off into the storm, the sky darkening till almost black. Nice to be all warm and snug inside laying down watching it all pass ...

... it's Cameroons capital and is seemingly unplanned with a jumble of high rise hotels and modern architecture side by side with shanty towns and crowded markets, all set on rolling hills. We're camping at the Presbyterian Guest House which, on the upside, has a beautiful big green lawn and shady trees, on the down, only two toilets and one shower. The Germans were there when we arrived. A group of 5 people travelling through Africa on motorbikes ...

First stop is Yaounde, the official capital of Cameroon.It's a convenient 6 hours flight from Zuerich in Switzerland.Or in other words from one of the wealthiest cities in the world to a rather poor African capital city with all its social and health problems.The difference could not be bigger.Just to get an airport taxi at Yaounde is an adventure.Too many boys around who want to get their share of the cake, just for opening the door of the car ...

Flight Paris-Yaoundé, via Douala. 2 days in Yaoundé. Train Yaoundé-Ngaoundere, bush taxi from Ngaoundere to Ngaoubela Norwegian Lutheran Hospital (about 7 kms from Tibati). Bush taxi from Tibati to Banyo and Bankim. Bush taxi from Bankim to Foumban, then to Bafoussam. Visited Bandjoun, Batié, Bafang, Bana, Melong, Ekom Nkhan Waterfalls... 3 days in Limbé. Flight from Doula to Mulhouse, via Paris.

... winds of sand in the des**t) would have **ased any track of their presence in the world. I liked though their hospitality and their openness, their intelligence is native and most of what they know comes from the oral transmition of traditions. We have met also young dream**s with many hopes to get a bett** life by emigrating in Europe but the truth is that many of these people are not prepared for the shock of culture and for them living in Europe might be more ...