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This is the camps we visited
in Cameroon on
our first visit.
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here to see camps from the second visit
To see a list over names, dates and
coordinates for the whole trip,
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Dag 502 -
Wildcamp 10 km west of Mengang
Position: 03
54.036
N, 12 07.449
E
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Elevation:
696 m above sea
level
Arrived : Monday 18
June 2007
: 19:00
Today's distance:
418 kilometres
Accumulated distance:
Number of nights:
1
Price per night: Free
I waited too long to find a camp today but 10 meters
from the main road is not all that bad. I am not puttin
up the roof and not puttng up the roof
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Day 499 - Botanical Garden voluntary
complex
Position: 04
00.613
N, 09
12.175
E
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Elevation:
24 m above sea
level
Arrived : Monday 15
June 2007
: 16:00
Today's distance: 33 kilometres
Accumulated distance:
Number of nights:
3
Price per night: 15.000 Franc for a room and for camping
This is our friend Fri that looks so
much forward to see us as we return time after time. The
first two days she used sign language to us, but she has
grown more comfortable and it turns out, she can speak
English. Eli and me couldn't really figure out what was
wrong or what was right, so we settled with the signs.
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Day 497 -
Cameroon Evangelic
Church, Douala
Position: 04
03.036
N,
09
41.529
E
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Elevation:
23 m above sea
level
Arrived : Wednesday 13
June 2007
: 17:00
Today's distance: 90 kilometres
Accumulated distance:
Number of nights:
2
Price per night: 3.000 Franc per person for camping
I guess we have never camped that
close to a church before and will we ever again? The
rain forced my partner to move indoors and luckily they
had waterproof rooms with shower and toilet. Even a
balcony where we could enjoy our beer, electricity to
charge batteries. Everything was okay except for Elis
mattresses. They were beyond complain.
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Dag 495 -
Botanical Garden voluntary
complex
Position: 04
00.613
N, 09
12.175
E
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Elevation:
24 m above sea
level
Arrived : Monday 11
June 2007
: 16:00
Today's distance: 33 kilometres
Accumulated distance:
Number of nights:
1
Price per night: 15.000 Franc for a room and for camping
Eli with the mysterious Fri. She even
used sign language to her grandmother, so what did we
miss??? We found this place very satisfying and very
close to the businesses we were about to do within the
city. Quiet but wet. Eli slept in a room because of a
leaking tent.
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Day 493 - Etisah Beach, North of Limbe
Position: 04
01.879
N,
09
05.600
E
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Elevation:
5 m above sea
level
Arrived : Saturday 9
June 2007
: 15:00
Today's distance:
124 kilometres
Accumulated distance:
Number of nights:
3
Price per night: 5.000 Franc per person for camping
Close to the beach, black powderish
fine sandy beach. Too bad the rain played a major role
during our stay and forced us to abandon the place. The
last night Eli had to move into one of the rooms in the
hotel complex up the hill.
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It looks extraordinary beautiful, but
when you look closer, its polluted by the very own
people that runs the place. They use this as a dumpsite
for garbage. |
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Day 3xx -
Cameroon Evangelic
Church, Douala
Position: 04
03.036
N,
09
41.529
E
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Elevation:
23 m above sea
level
Arrived : Friday 8
June 2007
: 17:00
Today's distance:
364 kilometres
Accumulated distance:
Number of nights:
1
Price per night: 4.000 Franc per person for camping
We wanted to camp at a different
religious site, but they didn't allow camping, so the
Evangelic Church listened to our prayers.
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Not an everyday sort of camping, but
we surely were protected by the Lord during the night. |
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Day 3xx -
Milanicibi village, north of Ebolowa
Position: 02
59.988
N,
11
25.606
E
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Elevation:
677 m above sea
level
Arrived : Thursday
7 June 2007
: 17:00
Today's distance:
414 kilometres
Accumulated distance:
Number of nights:
1
Price per night: Free
Our first camping experience in Cameroon and we were
lucky. We turned off the main road into a small gravel
road and continued a kilometer before we "found it".
When we are visiting "village people" like the families
in this homestead, we should have taken more time to get
to know them. We had a schedule though and had to move
on.
We remember the house we were invited in to, were the
main attraction was the television. They couldnt adjust
it perfectly, but the sound was very good. Then the
coach and chairs on the bumby dirt floor was a sight for
urban souls.
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I dont know if Eli apreciate or hate being in focus when
she works, but who cares... Even if she hates it, she
smiles and so did our neigbours. They never saw
something like this nor ever gotten any tourist visits.
We arranged a competition among them and the prices were
clothes, hats and Elis dress!!!!! |
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Other campsite
details from previous
countries below:
South Africa 1 -
Swaziland -
South Africa 2 -
Lesotho
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South Africa 3 -
Namibia -
Botswana
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Zambia
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Zimbabwe -
Mozambique
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Malawi -
Tanzania -
Kenya 3
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Burundi -
Rwanda -
Uganda -
Kenya 4 -
Ethiopia 1 -
Somaliland -
Ethiopia 2 -
Djibouti -
Eritrea -
Sudan -
Uganda 2 -
Kenya
5 -
Angola -
DRC -
Congo -
Gabon -
Equat Guinea --
Cameroon1 -
CAR -
Cameroon2
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Niger -
Niger -
Burkina Faso -
Mali -
Ghana -
Togo -
Benin -
Ivory Coast -
Liberia -
Sierra Leone -
Guinea -
Senegal -
Mauritania -
Western Sahara -
Morocco -
Spain -
France -
Monaco -
Italy -
Switzerland
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