Leaving Waza, we flew along decent roads till we got to Kousseri, the last town on the road to Chad. We stopped here for food, partly as Cameroon is meant to be cheaper than Chad, but also that Chad is meant to have less food available. Which I guess are tied together - less food makes what is available more expensive. Not that we used many SIFCAS rations either, just a few tins. At least, not while we were on the truck, but more on that later. Crossing the border was easy enough, actually leaving the border was harder. Lunch time prayers had started and the road was full of worshipping men. Colin and I decided when we reached N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, to get off the truck for a couple of weeks and
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