Mérina hotel Yaounde

... the town.<br><br>Dist cov. = 288 km<br><br>12th - We drove through Meiganga and onto Garoua-Boulai which is on the border with CAR (Central Africa Republic). The town is what you would expect of a frontier town in Africa, rough filled with bars and trucks. Bushcamped for the night.<br><br>Dist cov. = 194 km<br><br>13th - Drove through the capital of the East Province, Bertoua, and off the tarmac to be welcomed on the bumpy corrugated roads. Whilst driving on these ...

... into Mali, the people w**e instantly diff**ent, so incredibly friendly and open. The clothing changed, the fabric (which i now have about 20 metres of) is amazing. The bright, fun colours I think are v**y indicative of the people. <br>7 Walking around Kumasi market (Ghana) with Ben, his tattoo is often a talking point but ev**yone in the market (the biggest in west Africa) stopped him. They did this by grabbing him (in a non confrontational way), yelling ...

... again no sleep.<br><br>Morning numb** 3 and again little sleep. Now the pain in the mid section was bad and I started to feel dehydrated and nauseous. Now the vomiting began. At this point its hard to describe Malaria but I will give it a go. Imagine going 15 rounds of boxing with George Foreman, having a hangov** from hell, a fev** of 40 degrees, not even enough en**gy to pick up a wat** bottle to quench your thirst in fact it feels more like I have run ...

... 16 years some local mad men had trained a hippo, the biggest kill** of humans in Africa). The hippo lives with 12+ oth** wild hippos in the riv** and surrounds. At first we just stood on the riv**bank in shock as one guy swam out to the hippos and stood less than a metre from the h**d to feed the friendly one by hand. They then organised local small fishing canoes to f**ry us across to the shallow wat**s wh**e the hippos w**e hanging out...it was scary, exciting ...

... je march**ai, malgré les plusieurs invitations à rest** sur place et pass** la nuit, surtout de la part des jeunes filles vendeuses de crédit de portable toujours au bord de la route. J'étais fort étonné de m'en rendre compte qu'il y avait deux langues officielles au Cam**oun (anglais et français), que les deux Cam**ouns se sont reunifiés en 1972 et que depuis les choses se passent plutôt pas mal, même s'il demeure bizarre de voir leurs infos, avec deux pr ...

... like winter and I liked it... even though it was still about 30 degrees outside! We arrived back in Yaounde around 1pm, taking an hour to get to our intended destination. Once there we cracked open some lunch, raced off to the bakery for one last donut/meat pie/ice cream, quickly checked internet. I called my dear friend Angelique who had just on the weekend got married. Very upset to have missed the wedding ...

... a van/4x4 type thing. Three are on bikes and couple in the van. Not travelling as a group but meet up along the way. Also there were a few people from the other truck who had came up early to try sort VISA's. The rest are due to arrive in a day or two which will then make it quite a full little campsite. One of Clara's friends from school moved to Yaounde in July so she headed off to stay with her for the duration of our stay. Lucky thing being ...

... or just to remind me that it was their uncle who is working at customs, and that it was thanks to him that I was not asked to open my luggage for inspection.Finally seating inside the car, I realize that it is over 20km drive into downtown Yaounde, its midnight now, and my driver asks in a firm voice if his brother could join the trip for security reasons.I politely decline. We drive in complete darkness, not many streetlamps in action, but ...

Salaam aleikum! And th**e would be no story if th**e would not be the tell**s to tell..... So my dear ones I am afraid I have been v**y busy coping with my exp**ience in Africa but now it's a good moment to share some of the happenings with you. Aft** Maroc things seemed to get out of control sometimes but I will try to explain as simple as possible. Maroc is a great country with nice people and culture. Aft** it I thought that Africa will be all the same but my thought ...

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 good Toyotas but I had to cancel the deal because of mechanical concerns. Indeed, as many of you could guess, it is everything ...