This blog describes my experiences working on an HIV/AIDS project in a small rural hospital in the mountains of NorthWest Cameroon. Like all blogs, it is in reverse order with the most recent entries at the beginning. So if you...
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Cameroon has a great variety of pop music. In clubs, you can hear acoustic music with the easy listening accapella style of Bobby McFerrin, or recordings of the latest electronic Afropop music from Ivory Coast and the Congo. In bus...
In the last week, my last in Cameroon I have come full circle. I now see that many of my dreams have come true during my six months on Cameroon. I mean dreams in both senses of the word: :::...
After I completed the last of my medical exams and paperwork in the capitol, Yaounde, I headed out of the city to spend my last weekend in Cameroon at the beach. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Kribi is beautiful town, a fishing village where...
Cameroon may be a developing country that has many of the usual problems with establishing a good transportation infrastructure, power grid, and reliable water and sanitation system. However the people are already amazingly sophisticated and elegant. Case in point, these...
Alex and I enjoyed my last week in Njinikom to the fullest. On Sunday, we went to FPaul's Thanksgiving celebration at the Martyr Baptist Church in Wombong. Unlike the American version, in Cameroon Thanksgiving is celebrated by giving a portion...
Tourism in Cameroon is tough. Although this country has many spectacular sights and is far more developed than other African countries, the decrepit transportation infrastructure makes travel grueling and dangerous. Furthermore, the lodging and food can be quite expensive for...
After a day in Yaounde, Alex and I made our way to the extreme north, bracing ourselves for a long complicated trip. The start was auspicious. We heard that it could take three hours to get a reservation on the...
Today, I had to go to the bank to get some of my personal savings to pay for my trip to Northern Cameroon with Alex. I brought two means of obtaining those personal savings: travelers checks and an ATM card....
My husband Alex is coming to visit. His initial flight was canceled, and his new itinerary takes him to Cameroon by the circuituous route of Boston- New York- Dubai- Nairobi- Yaounde. Despite the inconvenience he is thrilled to see another...
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