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Lucky Traveller - Sylvain Kamdem

Sylvain Kamdem Hi All, This is going to be a particularly short blog (around 30 days or so), I am setting it up primarily to allow my Okasan to view some pictures of Cameroon online as soon as I will be taking them.

I am on vacation now heading home to Cameroon. Hopefully, I will have a nice time...
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By Lucky Traveller
April 13th 2007
Back to Japan Asia » Japan » Osaka
overflying asian continent.
overflying asian continent.
overflying asian continent.
I Eventually left Douala last tuesday evening to arrive at Osaka only this morning. The stay in Cameroon was very rewarding. And especially the experience of setting up a blog to record these past events. Right now vacation time is over and I have to resume my duties. I will hopefully set up some such blog again someday. Thank you all for visiting my blog. Goodbye [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 13th 2007 | 172 Views | [diary=149699]

layover at Suvarnabhumi
Osaka this morning
Arrival at Oita

By Lucky Traveller
April 5th 2007
Meals! Africa » Cameroon » West » Bafoussam
soya and bread!
soya and bread!
Yep, very spicy, salty and tasty. Usually beef, but sometimes mutton, rarely pork. The nordists(Haoussa tribe in the north of Cameroon) are the specialists as they raise cattle.
Meals! Africa » Cameroon » Bafoussam By Lucky Traveller April 5th 2007 Sylvain KamdemHeya everyone, These are the photos of a few of the meals you will likely come accross should you come to Cameroon one of these days. I am not especially good at cooking nor interested in culinary art. So none of these were prepared by me. I just [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 5th 2007 | 1454 Views | [diary=149666]

tomato sauce!
mixture of ground potatoes and black beans
pepper soup and ripe plantains

Christelle and I in the taxi this morning
Christelle and I in the taxi this morning
Christelle and I in the taxi this morning
Today, There is an annual pilgrimage being held at Doumelong. We are going there Christelle and I. Doumelong is a small borough not far from Bafoussam off the main road that links Bafoussam and Bamenda. More exactly, it is near the "Chefferie Bamougoum"(Bamougoum traditional Kingdom). The road that gets there is tarred up to a certain point after which you encounter a tough and rough dusty track. The pilgrimage is the initiative of Bafoussam diocese (Catholic church). It happens only once per year and attracts large crowds of people. I don't know the exact distance from Bafoussam to Doumelong [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 31st 2007 | 182 Views | [diary=149190]

"Marche B" neighborhood, Bafoussam
"Marche B" area
On the Bike

Sunrise over Bafoussam
Sunrise over Bafoussam
Sunrise over Bafoussam
Over the last days. I routinely went downtown to mooch about the market area. It has also rained considerably which definitely suppressed the annoying dust. Tomorrow Christelle (my younger sister) and I will go to Doumelong to attend a pilgrimage there. I plan to make good coverage of that event. Stick around... [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 30th 2007 | 190 Views | [diary=149183]

Banengo street, Bafoussam
Marche A, Bafoussam
Main entrance to "Marche A"

Plantains on sale at "Madelon"(Bafoussam)
Plantains on sale at "Madelon"(Bafoussam)
Plantains on sale at "Madelon"(Bafoussam)
Heya everyone, This is just to have you view some pictures of Bandjoun taken on this day. I went there with the parents. Bandjoun is heading the administrative division of Koung-Khi in the west province of Cameroon. We went there to visit the market. By Cameroon standards, Bandjoun is a fairly well constructed city at the divisional level. There is a small "Institute of Technology" (IUT Fotso Victor de Bandjoun) there. The bulk of the population here live off land farming and agricultural products here are comparatively cheaper than in Bafoussam which is slighlty industrialized. The t [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 24th 2007 | 454 Views | [diary=149161]

Inside Bandjoun market
Pork meat seller
Another pork meat seller

Road near Douala seaport
Road near Douala seaport
Notice the containers on the right loaded on railroad tracks awaiting transportation away to other sites.
Today, parents are going to Douala to purchase some items. I am going with them. The distance from Bafoussam to Douala is exactly 243 kms, It however takes more time get to Douala than to go to Yaounde (287 kms away) because the road to Douala is poorly maintained and requires drivers to move slowly. It takes usually at least 4 hours and a half to cover the 243 kms, sometimes even 5 hours! Notice that this is also due to the many boroughs encountered along and the resulting humps on the road near agglomerations. Douala is in the littoral [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 20th 2007 | 737 Views | [diary=149136]

Akwa neighborhood
Orange Building Akwa.
candlelit hotel room at "rue des palmiers"

In the bus.
In the bus.
Hitting the road again! this ride was the most comfortable one I can recall while travelling in cameroon.
I arrived in Bafoussam around 12h30pm after a comfortable trip (contrary to the going trip that was very bad). I had rested slightly in the afternoon and went to visit an old friend of mine, christian who lives near "carrefour de la caisse" at Tamdja. It is sunday so I managed to leave his place early to attend the evening mass that begins at 6pm. The service ended late that night. 19 march Today morning, I am going to "quartier Nylon" in order to get some vaccination against yellow fever. Some countries (among which Cameroon) require you to have the [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 18th 2007 | 146 Views | [diary=149004]

Carrefour de la caisse
A street in "Tamdja"
Car wash in "quartier Nylon"

By Lucky Traveller
March 14th 2007
In Yaounde! Africa » Cameroon » South » Yaoundé
Tongolo area
Tongolo area
Tongolo is a spot in Etoudi(Yaounde) were most of the transportation agencies that connect Yaounde and Bafoussam are located.
march 14th I am leaving for Ongola (joke) today. Ongola is the former name of the city of Yaounde, the actual capital of Cameroon. It is a very admisnistrative town. the trip from Bafoussam to there fetches between 3 and a half to 4 hours by bus over a relatively good road of 287 kms (I calculated that distance). Yaounde is in the center of the country heading the ''province du centre" (Centre province), which is a landlocked province within the country. The Bus arrived at destination (Tongolo - Etoudi) at around 1pm. Yaounde is a hot place with much [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 14th 2007 | 367 Views | [diary=148955]

Essos area
Ahmadou Ahijo omnisport stadium
Training Spot in front of Ahmadou Ahijo stadium

Bafoussam skyline
Bafoussam skyline
sight of the city from an elevated spot.
That's it. We are back in Bafoussam, but tomorrow am leaving for Yaounde. Will be right back... [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 13th 2007 | 314 Views | [diary=148727]

towards the city hall of Bafoussam
Another Bafoussam
Bafoussam's traditional kingdom's monument

downpour at "auberge" area (still in Bafoussam)
downpour at "auberge" area (still in Bafoussam)
Here is the point were we will board one of the many small buses linking Bafoussam and Bamenda.
Today I am going to Bamenda with my younger brother guy. We will be visiting the city and also pay a visit to my brother-in-law who resides there.. 14h30 We took a taxi to auberge roundabout. just as we are arriving at destination, the first downpour of this raining season is flowing over Bafoussam. This is an unfortunate event for our plans as we intend to take a Bus bound for Bamenda. When it rains it gets difficult to do anything as everybody scampers for a shelter. We have to wait for some 1 hour until the rain eases a [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 11th 2007 | 335 Views | [diary=148709]

Arrival point in Bamenda
Finance junction
welcome to Bamenda



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