Back to Bamenda
on The Road Less Travelled (Cameroon), 08/Jun/2010 11:54, 34 days ago
Well as I had informed you all last post, I was transfered from Maroua to Bamenda.  So I arrived back in Maroua on Monday May 31 and was told on Tuesday to be ready to move on Saturday.  I spent the rest of the week packing all my belongings and and organizing a moving company to ship my furniture.  On Friday (the day before my departure) we had an all day power and water cut which did not make for fun times because it was in the high 30s and I had a lot of stuff to finish up in the heat. I took the bus with Marjolein and Joost (Dutch couple who were heading back to the Netherlands to see family for a vacation).  The bus was pretty uneventful and we arrived to N'Gaoundere where we were to catch the train. VSO had not been able to reserve me a couchette, there were only first class seats available.  So I used the hours we had to wait at the train station to my advantage in convincing the train ticket people to give me a couchette and I was successful. I didn't even have to bribe anyone!Anyways, my couchette was quite full. It was a four person couchette and in addition to myself there were three other adults and 5 children.  Luckily I fell asleep relatively quickly for 12 hours thanks to the help of gravol.  Our train was delayed because of power problems so we arrived to yaounde about 3 hours late.  I met up with a friend of Greg and Caroline's who lives in Yaounde and I was able to enjoy some of the restaurants of Yaounde in addition to playing some tennis. It was great.I headed to Bamenda Monday morning and arrived that evening.  The Bamenda bus was alright and the chairs were suprisingly comfortable. I slept most of the ride.Now I am in Bamenda and I will be here most likely until the end of my placement.  I will be working for the same organization I worked for when I was here in April - IDF Integrated Development Foundation.  My new mailing address will be circulated via email shortly.