All posts tagged: Peace Corps

Roumsiki or bust

This morning began with us trying once and for all to travel to Roumsiki. Akilah checked the hotel courtyard area for any information or messages about anyone traveling to Roumsiki; no luck. Next […]

We tried

Today was to be our day trip to Roumsiki, however, as it turns out, it was not to be. I left out a little earlier than Akilah to see if I could find […]

Maroua, in the flesh

The morning began with us checking out of the casse and Akilah donning her helmet for the moto ride. We were actually not far from the bank, so the ride took no more […]

Maroua up close

I think today is market day in Maroua, or maybe that’s what it felt like. We walked from the hotel to the market are in search of pagne, and to kind of see […]

Playing chicken

By the time everyone else awoke, we realized we had another three hours on the train. That ended up putting us in Ngaounderé at 10:30am. At this point we’d been travelling over twenty-four […]

First Class in a bucket

Well things must’ve been going our way today. We were treated very well by the spirits pf Cameroon. It all started when we arrived at the gare to find a car to Bafoussam. […]