Cameroun June 9-26

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After crossing the border at Madigali,in the north and avoiding the Calabar crossing anf diabolical roads and the Delta region, we continued an untravelled road , bushcamping at a vet farm, quarries and the edge of the road. the roads were incredible and after 5 days we made it to the paradise of Yaounde and its international restaurants, bars, nightclubs and icecream. this was a visa stop where Gabon,Congo and DRC visas were obtained ( at a cost of over 1000 Australian dollars to us). While the others lazed at the Presbyterian Mission, 5 interpid climberes went to Buea to climb Mt Cameroun ,a 4095 meter monster rising almost from the sea. This was a 25 year dream for me and we braved cloud,cold and terrible rain storms over 3 days to make it!! After rest at our mission guesthouse and a quick trip to Limbe to see the lowland gorillas ,we joined the others in Kribi where we stayed at the Sweet beach resort for a few days.
Next is was off to Bitam and a bushcamp and over the border to Gabon.

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