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Into Bamoun country
Posted on January 20, 2014 | 6 CommentsSunday is church day, but this Sunday in Bamenda is super church day. The attendants of the cathedral walk in procession and sing cheerfully behind the priest on the main […]The Ring Road (2/2)
Posted on January 17, 2014 | 3 CommentsThe northern part of the ring road is the toughest but is worth it for featuring the deadly Lake Nyos. After leaving Ndi Roland and Irene in Binka, I quickly […]Uphill to Cameroon’s inland mountains
Posted on December 28, 2013 | 7 CommentsThe crater lake of Barombi Mbo was called “Elephant lake” at the time of the German colony, but the elephants were victims of the ivory trade. They are no longer […]Togo
Posted on October 24, 2013 | 3 CommentsHow does a plate of beans with flour on top sound for breakfast? It is strange but good for a change. The morning is rainy again. I head north so […]In Baoulé country
Posted on October 2, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe morning we wake up in N’gorankro, it seems the kids are waiting for us. The same crowd as yesterday evening is here, under the porch of the house of […]Northern Liberia
Posted on September 26, 2013 | 3 CommentsRoy sends us off with a big bag of UN food from the neighbors, that looks very useful, with many goodies independently packaged. We can pursue our road up to […]Ducor and Africa, the hotels of Monrovia
Posted on September 16, 2013 | 16 CommentsMonrovia, and Liberia in general, is not an obvious choice when it comes to tourist destinations. But it doesn’t matter, since one of the things I like to do is […]Monrovia
Posted on September 14, 2013 | No CommentsWe stayed for the weekend at the convent in Monrovia, to rest after our adventures in the bush between Freetown and the Liberian capital. Katie and Guillaume took me to […]Robertsport, navigating through Liberia
Posted on September 6, 2013 | No CommentsOnce in Liberia, we quickly forget about the troubles we had exiting Sierra Leone: the first immigration post, just after the bridge over the Mano river, is quite cool. “Welcome […]The rainy season in Sierra Leone
Posted on September 2, 2013 | 4 CommentsAfter having been blessed with well-behaved clouds for the three days that followed our departure from Freetown, the rain finally seems to catch up. We had a bit of it […]