After our epic journey through the mud we headed down to Limbe on the coast to relax for a couple of days. The country in beautiful with a thick cover of rainforest. It rains fairly relentlessly at this time of year, but when the sun comes out it is all worth it.
We are now in Yaounde, the capital. We have fixed our car. Our mud adventure had written off the brakes and we needed to replace all our filters. We have also ripped a piece off the side of the car but its only cosmetic. Later today we head down to the Gabonese border, after which we cross into Congo, DRC and then Angola. We met a South African couple coming north who have given us all the info we need to get down to Namibia without straying into bandit territory or getting stuck on terrible roads (or, as they did, both at the same time!). We feel confident about the rest of the trip south, although securing visas for DRC and Angola may be a little tricky.
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WENDY AND ROB,I WANT TO THANK YOU TWO PROFOUNDLY FOR THE COURAGE YOU TOOK TO ENGAGE YOURSELVES INTO SUCH A DIFFICULT AND ADVENTUROUS EXPEDITION. I AM A CAMEROONIAN NOW RESIDING IN THE US AND I FEEL PARTICULARLY TOUCHED BY THE PICTURES BECAUSE WHILE BACK HOME I VENTURED IN PETTY BUSINESS BETWEEN CAMEROON AND NIGERIA. THAT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCE YOU HAD.SAD TO SAY BUT THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT IS BLESSED AS IT IS DESCRIBED AS UNIQUE ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT DUE TO IT'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIO MULTICULTURAL DEXTERITY, A COUNTRY THAT IS SAID TO HAVE THE HIGHEST LITERATE POPULATION ON THE CONTINENT, A COUNTRY RICHLY ENDOWED WITH NATURAL RESOURCES, YET BECAUSE OT THE SELFISHNESS OF IT'S 25 YEARS AUTOCRATIC RULER, IT'S OVER 15 MILLION POPULATION CONTINUE TO PINE IN MISERY AND ABJECT POVERTY. I WEEP FOR MY COUNTRY BUT GD HELP CAMEROON AND SEND US A MESSIAH TO GET US OUT T THIS .THANK YOU WENDY AND ROB FOR THE TRIP AND WE HOPE MANY OTHER EXPLORES TAKE THEIR TURNS TO EXPOSE THE MISERY IN CAMEROON AN COUNTERACT THE LIES-TELLING GOVERNMENT .
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