Leaving Douala The day started early, at 06:00, since the bus to Yaoundé, the capital, was leaving at 07:00. My brother went to Zépol, a sort of bakery where they have all sorts of croissants, pizzas and other edibles. There are several express services between Douala and Yaounde, and they do a non stop trip. This offers extra security for your luggage, since they do not open the lower compartments before arrival in Yaoundé. The busses are quite comfy, with airconditioning. We had chosen "LeCar" for this particular voyage. The ticket was 6000FCFA. After arguing with the loaders as to how much extra we should pay for the luggage, we boarded and off we went. The trip takes around 3 hours, at break-neck speed. You will no doubt see some spectacular overtakes and driving. They are ... read more

This was gonna be the first day of our great tour of the western USA. We were planning to head south first, going to LA, then forge on into Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and then back to California. We were planning on starting early, going from Mountain View to LA. Well, lets just say that didn't work out. For various reasons we were delayed, among other things, Tom invited us to yet another great lunch. Me, my brother Einar, my friend Oyvind and Tom were joined by Blake, the company lawyer. We had a lovely lunch at the chinese place on Castro in MV. We finally headed out about 15.00, and headed south towards the coast. We arrived at Big Sur in order to catch the sunset. We also caught a glimpse of some gray whale, ... read more

Sunday morning we decided to go swimming in the river. The locals had tipped us of on how we could get down there. We headed down, and first entered the river. Obviously the wrong spot, as all the locals were a hundred meters farther up. We finally located the trail that took us up there, and the place was neat. I actually remembered to get some sun tan lotion on, so I didn't even get burnt. Anyways, the first picture shows part of the stream. You can go into the stream to the right, and float out to the left of the picture. There is a gradient over the "edge", but its not too bad if you go over it. The locals also used a popup to cross the river. A popup is where the water ... read more

After we came back from Sequoia NP, we decided to head "downtown" to Three Rivers to scout out the local nightlife. Martin and Camilla were sceptic, but finally we all headed down. I volunteered to drive for the evening, since I didn't want to get "motionsick" for the long trip the following day. Well, the bar was, what can I say, authentic. A lot of locals and some visitors. I headed out to the veranda in the front, overlooking the river running through the village. While sitting there, I observed the bartender cleaning some tables. When he found some half-full glasses, he just threw the rest of the contents over the fence, spilling half of it on the floor, and the rest on the fence itself. This is really redneck was my reaction..... Well, as the ... read more

As mentioned in my Pirates of the Caribbean entry, me and Armin decided to go diving on Sunday. I started out at approx 7:30, hoping to reach Armin by 8. I arrived, and since all the equipment was ready from the night before, we got in the car and proceeded south on the 101 heading for Monterey. We hadn't gone far before we spotted a police car. I slowed down, but too late, he had already spotted us. He came up behind us, lights flashing and told us to head to the Marsh exit over his speaker. I proceeded to the exit and pulled over. He approached the car on the passenger side, and informed us that he had stopped us for speeding, proceeded to ask for my drivers license, insurance papers and registration. I handed ... read more