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Photo Gallery #38-Cameroon Travels, Part I
Right
after IST, eight of us went on vacation, to the Atlantic beach
resort
of Kribi- by Taxi-Brousse, train, and bus, getting
there was half the fun.
Part
II
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The
first night after leaving Chad, we made it as far as
Maroua, the capital of the 'Extreme-North' province
of Cameroon. It looked like a beautiful city, but we
had almost no time, although we did have a nice dinner
at a Vietnamese restaurant in town.
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The
next morning we caught a Touristique Express
bus from Maroua to N'gaoundéré,
the northern end of the Cameroonian railroad, where
we'd catch the train for Yaoundé.
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Arriving
at the Gare Voayageurs, the central train station
in N'gaoundéré. |
I
think perhaps Darth Vader may have rented this place
before it was converted into a train station...
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Buying
our tickets... The sign asks you to stay in order in line,
something which doesn't compute in Central Africa. |
After
buying our tickets, the waiting begins. |
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Mai,
Sung-Mun, and I were getting hungry, so we thought we'd
try to find some lunch. |
We
found a small street-food stall across from the station,
where you could get basics like chicken, rice, plantains,
etc. Nothing special, but at least it was cheap. |
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The
row of stalls opposite the station. |
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Darren, Aaron, and I went exploring a little bit, and found
the Grand Mosque of N'Gaoundéré. |
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Finally
about 5:30 PM we were ready to board. Because we hadn't
reserved sleeper cars in advance, we ended up in 1st Class,
although we were actually seated in the Bar/Restaurant car,
which was about as uncomfortable of a 17-hour train ride
as you can imagine. |
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sleeper cars we would've had if we'd reserved in advance...
On the way back, we had better luck. |
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Somewhere
between N'Gaoundéré and Yaoundé. |
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might've had a more comfortable ride than we did in the
restaurant wagon. |
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Part
II
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