http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/HeatherSegale/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from HeatherSegale en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:54:17 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:54:17 +0000 Phew We made it home. I think it took about 4 days of travel to get back home but we arrived home around midnight on Saturday January 17. My luggage didn't make it but that is just fine. It is expected to arrive later. It is so good to be back home and to take a warm clean shower. My feet may never come clean again but it is a small price to pay for all the wonderful experiences and a succes http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lake-Tahoe/blog-365110.html Typing using a French keyboard so difficult to use... will keep it short.We just traveled 12 hours by van in two separate middle of the night trips to get from Nkambe where the well project was completed to Bamenda and then back to Yaound where our flight departs at 2340 hours tonight. Legs 1 2 of the 6 leg journey complete. Next up is Brussels New York San Francisco Truckee to Tahoma. I can http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Cameroon/South/Yaounde/blog-363983.html The well has been successfully drilled and we are currently developing it. Pump is installed and the concrete pad goes in today. Hurray It is pumping clean water and we have tested it for many water quality constituents. Will need to wait 24 48 hours for bacteria analysis but it is looking good so far. Water hygiene education program is going very well. The Council Member in charge of sanitati http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Cameroon/West/Nkambe/blog-362968.html Our road trip was painful but safe. My back went into spasms and my ass had a stroke The first trip was about 7.5 hours on dusty pothole roads with 9 people and 14 bins and bags stuffed into an old toyota previa. We each had about 12 seat. But we made it to Bamenda safely. Then the next day was 6.5 hours on an even worse dusty windy mountain road. This time we each had our own seat but it http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Cameroon/West/Nkambe/blog-360998.html We made it safely to Yaounde' Cameroon after almost 3 full days of travel. We had two overnight flights and had some restless seated sleep on the planes. Exhausted to the point of brain damage. Tantoh the man organizing the work we are conducting and community leader from the village we will visit is an amazing personality. He is very animated lively and is excited that we are here. He has http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Cameroon/South/Yaounde/blog-358943.html Map of travel route attached. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Cameroon/West/Bamenda/blog-358081.html Visited Countries Map http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lake-Tahoe/blog-358075.html Getting ready to leave tomorrow. Wanting a way to keep in touch without having to memorize everyone's email addresses Be back in 2009. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Cameroon/West/Bamenda/blog-358071.html