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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Banyo to Ngaoundere

I was thinking how the travel around here doesn’t get easier. After the day on the bike and the crazy mountain roads I was hoping for a bus ride to N’Gaoundéré being an easy thing. Ha. It’s 330kms from Banyo to N’Gaoundéré where I was going to pick the night train to Yaoundé on a […]

Gembu, Nigeria to Banyo, Cameroon

My phone wasn’t fully charged in the morning. First I thought that my New Age cable is already broken, then I realized the power was off at night. At about 6:30am someone knocked at the door. Took me a while to realise that the person was knocking at my door, after all I was in […]

Calabar to Ogoja

I didn’t know if I wanted to leave Calabar. I thought I’d have to go to the bank and get some money or find a moneychanger, I didn’t know how long the trip to the border town of Gembu would take me, I reckoned two days if I was lucky, possibly three days, then crossing […]

A Saturday in Calabar

I got out of the room late. Everyone on the internet is praising a bakery that’s across the road from the hotel so I went there. Bought a ginger cake and a “golden bun”. Ginger cake didn’t even lie next to ginger. Golden bun needed coffee to dip it in. My hotel has a very […]

Happy new week in Lagos

People also wish you happy new week in Nigeria. Although I don’t know if it means they want something from you or they are just friendly. I waited until travel time shown by Google for the distance of 13kms to Ericsson office will decrease from 1hr 15min to something more bearable. After 9am the time […]