We are down to two more sleeps before getting on the plane back home. For our last night, we plan to stay at Semme Beach Hotel, which has a natural spring on its beautiful grounds right on the ocean.
So, we wanted one of our last posts to be little snippets we will remember about Cameroon. Here goes:
- little kids running beside the bus or train yelling "L'eau, l'eau l'eau!" (selling chilled water). They also appreciate your empty water bottles, as they can fill them up and sell them again.
- I'm surprised my poor French is understood better than my English. Don't I talk like the people on TV?
- We watched a blind boy cross the treacherous streets of Yaounde, streets we got nervous crossing because of the cars and moto-taxis weaving in and out and coming from all directions with little regard to driving rules. The blind boy just stuck his cane straight out and walked verrrry slooowly. Traffic slowed, then stopped for him and he felt his way around the cars blocking his path. Talk about faith.
- The very high unemployment rate here leads to young men walking around selling everything to anyone. Anyone with a car or motor bike is a taxi drive, too, as it means extra cash.
- Every meal in a restaurant comes with Maggi, a Dutch condiment similar to soya sauce.
- Every single thing you buy (everything!) is served up in a little plastic bag. As a result, they litter the streets, water, fields, ditches. If you see something black and skittering across the road, it's probably a plastic bag.
- Cameroonian crows look like penguins.
- Chickens sitting under our seats on bus rides, pecking at our ankles.
- Running into travellers we know in different cities.
- Cameroonian peanuts are delicious!
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