Ebolowa, Cameroon to Bitam, Gabon, attempt no. 2

Armed with printed reservations I took a moto to immigration office. There I had to wait a bit as Mr Johnson was not yet in the office at 9am. It took a minute to get a stamp, he didn’t bother registering me again, I was there already the day before. I took an omelette in […]

Ebolowa, Cameroon to Bitam, Gabon

We rode in a moto for long, I asked him to take me where transport to Ambam leaves. Ambam is the last town before Cameroon ends, about 30kms away from both Gabon and Equatorial Guinea borders. Ebolowa suddenly seemed much larger than it looked. I was dropped on the roadside, no bus agency in sight, […]

Kribi to Douala to Yaoundé to Ebolowa

It was raining in the morning and I didn’t get to the agence for the bus to Yaoundé before 10am. At La Kribienne I saw a crowd of people and a long line to the ticket counter. It’s less than 200kms to Ebolowa from Kribi as crow flies to the East but apparently the road […]

Days in Kribi

The two days I spent in Kribi were lazy. There was a stand where I had my avocado salad in the morning, 700cfa. Café Abou was closed in the morning and Abou himself told me it’s because of Ramadan. I almost forgot. He still made me the 100cfa coffee. The next day however he said […]

Douala to Kribi

Kribi is one place in Cameroon where you can experience beaches. The other place is Limbe & Idenao under Mt Cameroon – these are even more picturesque with the mountain backdrop and dark lava beaches – but at the moment I think these places are no-go due to the current situation in English part of […]

Yaoundé to Douala

So, yeah, at about 7am, an hour after my reserved bus to Douala left, I went out for my avocado salad and instant coffee. I took a shared taxi, 500cfa, to Mwam. I arrived 9:40am when a VIP bus was just leaving. The woman in the ticket office refused to sell me the ticket saying […]

A Tuesday in Yaoundé

I stayed another day in Yaoundé. I had the usual avocado salad and instant coffee at a street stand, the one I went to first, the man was actually serving salad instead of lettuce. How he washed the salad is another matter: he has a huge bucket full of water, which he poured into a […]

Visa no. 15: Gabon in Yaoundé

The security man makes sure you wear long trousers (and possibly shirt). I had shirt with short sleeves and shorts, I lost my long trousers on my way. He didn’t let me in. He simply said I must buy trousers and that it’s not him that it’s the consul and that the rules are written […]

Long weekend in Yaoundé

The train from was comfortable, I had two seats for myself and there was a lot of space for my legs. However if took longer than I thought: 15 hours. We arrived in Yaoundé after 10am. The motos waiting at the station didn’t want to go to rond point Nlongkak for less than 500cfa. The […]

Ngaoundere to Yaoundé

I dreamed of sleeping till noon but outside noise woke me up after 7 and I couldn’t fall asleep again.My hotel claimed to have a restaurant and bar, the menu listed café simple. I asked several times if it’s perhaps nescafé or perhaps it’s real coffee. And I thought there would be real coffee. In […]