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17 March 2023

Blog entries
The good news yesterday, at the bus station, was that we got picked up by our hotel van. No need to battle with taxi and moto drivers to negotiate a fare. We have treated ourselves to slightly more upmarket accommodation, in fact way up from the Catholic missions, tents and basic hotels so far. Pool [...]
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16 March 2023

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The opportunity to post updates to this diary very much depends on 1) having the time, and 2) having reasonable internet connection. Both are generally in short supply, which does affect the regularity somewhat. Sorry!! We are on our own now. Mayou left yesterday, as we reckoned that we are travel-savvie enough to take the [...]
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15 March 2023

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Foumban There is more than just Bamileke in the west of Cameroon. We make our way from Bafoussam, the regional centre where we spent the night, to the town of Foumban, further to the north. Even though it is only 70 km, the effect of ‘north’ becomes quickly visible, in an increasing number of mosques, [...]
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14 March 2023

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The Bamileke Mayou has organised another car for today, to take us to the west of the country, the Bamileke area. The Bamileke are a tribe that migrated into their present area in Western Cameroon from further Northeast. They have a well organised societal structure, which appealed to the British colonisers who handed them a [...]
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13 March 2023

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We wake up in a different world. Well, in fact, we woke up many times, last night, each time the train pulled into the next station, blowing its horn without any consideration for its passengers. But you easily fall asleep again on the rhythm of wheels on the tracks. With first light, looking outside, the [...]
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12 March 2023 (2)

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A little background on Cameroon Time to zoom out a little, and look at Cameroon’s history. As observed earlier in this diary, the Germans beat the British in colonizing Cameroon. They swiftly took on the improvement of infrastructure, including the building of a railway – the one we used, from Ngaoundere, for instance -, but [...]
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12 March 2023

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The trade-off from yesterday’s early stop is that today we have an early start, leaving at 5.30. It is still dark, and the electricity in the hotel has gone off during the night – the ceiling fan, too. We pack our bags without light, except for the small torch I am carrying. It is too [...]
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11 Feb. 2023

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Without a Nigerian visa, we will have to find an alternative way to get from Cameroon to Benin. Perhaps we can, whilst the rest of our group continues into Nigeria, stay behind in Cameroon, spend a few days there visiting whatever is worthwhile, and then fly to Benin? There are flights from Douala, Cameroon’s commercial [...]
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