Thread by @AlphaLandRover

ABORTED PLAN ⚠️
Cameroon thread 🧵 continued.

I left capital Yaoundé for the coastal cities. But on of the plans didn't go as planned, it aborted halfway.

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Logging continues here, just like the rest of the Central Africa states. This will be an environmental disaster with time.

These are some of the scenes enroute Kribi, the tourist city. And a bit of traffic leaving Yaoundé.

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Out of the many military stops, I found one that became such a pain.
After the normal procedure of asking a document after another, they could find anything missing. But then held me for an hour insisting RHD and technical inspection.

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One important trick is to always allocate more time than normal on every drive day.
As they kept insisting on the 2 offences, I keep reminding them that's not the case. 1 hr gone by.
No Francs CFA from me, finally I'm let go.
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Kribi is a small organised town driven majorly by tourism.
This is where the 800km Nyong River empties to the ocean (Frame2). They call it DES CHUTES DE LA LOBE.

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For $10, I get a serving of sea food - 30 prawns served with accompaniments. The plantains are such a treat 😋, almost accross all the countries here.

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The fresh seafood doesn't disappoint. Fishing is big time in Kribi, and most restaurants have all kind of seafood as a special.

Now it's Beach time!!p
It's time to explore more and catch daily sunset views from here.

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Sandy Beach and a cleaner city compared to others in Cameroon.

And hey, I got to camp at one of the beach hotels. Home for some days. They support overlanders and theg understand when you need grounds to camp instead of paying for a room.

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Next destination is Douala. I am busted for speed - 75/60kph, for the 1st time since the start of the journey. I had to 'make peace' with the cops:)

While Yaoundé is the administrative capital, Douala is a major commercial hub. Much bigger city than Yaoundé

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The Food medal 🥇Cameroon wins this one. The country is rich in cuisine and I can't stop exploring - esp the local delicacies.

Food, work mode too and swimming to keep cool in this hot & humid weather.

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While staying at the Germany Seaman Mission, I get local updates that my planned visit to Limbo in Buea can't happen on a Monday.
They call Buea a ghost city on Mondays. Military curfew, demos etc - I would risk to be in the crossfire.
The plan for Limbe in Buea aborts, sadly.

I extend my time here in Douala since the visit to Buea is not happening anyway.
Time to relax and explore within.

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This is how Road toll charges are done here, very casual.
No booths at all - see the guys in Yellow, that's how they collect 500CFA from everyone against a manual receipt. How they account for the money - your guess is as good as mine :)

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I've had a number of free camping grounds so far. I have camped 98-99% of the time, 1 or 2% in hotels.

This is Buofassam, I camped free of charge at a nearby Monastery and the people here are very warm and welcoming.

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As I continue north of Cameroon, roads keep changing to the worst.
To give this some perspective, at some section I did 140km in 5hrs ! Average speed of 30kph.

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See how we are Fueling - 20L diesel @ 16,000 CFA. Fingers crossed that the fuel works well.

This is sort of a "welcome to Nigeria". This town called Mayo Banyo is close to the border. They smuggle cheap Petrol from Nigeria. Then diesel from within Cameron.

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