Visiting Bogo
on The Road Less Travelled (Cameroon), 07/Feb/2010 07:19, 34 days ago
On Saturday morning I left bright and early (7am) with Greg and Caroline who were heading to Bogo– a small village about 30km away. Greg was going there for a work meeting and Caroline and I wanted to tag along since he was getting a ride in the VSO vehicle and since we would be able to visit one of our friends – another volunteer placed in Bogo.Cows crossing the field in front of usAfter about a 45 minute journey on a very bumpy road we arrived. At first glance the main road in Bogo kind of looked like the side roads in Maroua and if randomly placed somewhere in either place I don’t think I could tell the difference. Caroline and I wandered around a bit and then we sat down for a while and I listened to my audiobook and Caroline did some planning for her blogs.At 11am we met up with Rebecca the volunteer in Bogo and we saw her house. It is a very picturesque pink house. She lives in a concession with a few other families. She has gotten quite good at Fulfulde since she is able to speak it with her neighbours and her colleagues. She took us for a little tour to see her tailor and to the nearby bakery.Men from the Bakery impressing us with their strengthThen we ate a nice bean chilli at her house for lunch and before we knew it it was time to go and Greg and Aziz (VSO driver) were picking us up. The drive back to Maroua was quite fast.I enjoyed my time visiting Bogo but I am not sure how I would fare if I was placed in a relatively remote and small village like that. I can understand why many of the volunteers from villages come in to Maroua on the weekends.