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 […]

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 […]

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 […]