Byebye Nigeria, Hello Cameroon!

Since a week, I am in Cameroon. It was not easy to say byebye to everyone there. But, it is good to move on as well.

My departure from Nigeria was in style, I was sick at the day I had to travel down to Lagos, my flight was delayed for about 7 hours and I wasn’t allowed to take any extra luggage, but I could take it as extra hand luggage. Arriving in Cameroon was a very different experience. At the airport, everything went very smooth. Very different from my arrival in Nigeria a year ago!

Cameroon, and especially the region around here, is very beautiful. Everything is so green and hilly. It is really a pretty place. So I can really recommend people to visit me here, there will be something for everyone! Here in Kumbo, temperatures are also friendly. Coming from Nigeria, I am really freezing at night. I guess I will get used to it soon.

Roads are very bad. In my town there are two paved roads (with a lot of potholes). All the other ones are mud roads. Now that the rainy season has started, you can see there is less road every day. The red mud also becomes rather slippery when it rains, so it is a bit dangerous as well, especially by motorbike.

People are very nice. There are quite some white people in Kumbo so most people are used to it. Contrary to Nigeria, they are not very pushy. I went to the market and nobody even tried to touch me and drag me into their shops. People ask what you want to buy and if it is something they don’t sell they will advise you where to find it, instead of trying to sell you something totally different. Probably they understand you might come back to them when you need whatever they sell if they treat you nicely.

It seems like the post system here is reliable. So, I am waiting for all postcards and packages! Food I can find here is pretty basic, so everything what you can store for long is very welcome! Send me an email for my address if you need it. Also, if you need my Cameroonian phone number, please drop me an email.

I will really start working this week. So hopefully I will soon be able to tell you all more about that. So far, it looks great. Staff is very passionate about the work, the projects are running well and communities and schools are actively involved. It seems like a great place to work for me. Stay tuned for updates about that!