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Even in America you have to queue up!

Today we renewed our two younger children's passports. I slipped out during lunch at school (I'm a teacher) assuring my principal I'd be back in time to teach my 7th graders. I headed to the local city hall, a ten minute drive away. Due to tor [...]

Shots and Itinerary

Well, I just spent 45 minutes typing an updated entry and somehow managed to delete it... Oh, the joys of technology. Now, just watch, I didn't lose it and it'll appear right before this message when I recheck tomorrow.
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We're in Cameroon Now!

Hello! We're finally here!

We left on Monday and arrived here Tuesday evening. We had safe travels all the way although Paul, our youngest son, set off the panic alarm in the Portland airport (just mildly, I don't mean to exagge [...]

What we're up to

Bought ten ore minutes of time while the family runs over to the boulangerie or bakery. [...]

Catch Up Time

We're back home now and I never had another chance to make it to a cyber cafe so I'll do a couple of entries to cover the rest of the trip... [...]

Highway to Mamfe

George warned us that the road to Mamfe was in disrepair and it would take a long time to get there. We were determined to spend Christmas with Joe's brother Phillip and his family in Mamfe and several people told me that the roads weren't really [...]

Grandma's Report, Part 1

Note: I thought it would be interesting to hear about the trip from another perspective -- that of a first time visitor to Cameroon, my mother.< [...]

On to the Village

We stocked up on food buying a big bag of rice, several stalks of plantains, oil, and more and then headed to the village. Once again, the roads were a challenge and it was dark by the time we headed out. This time, the road was very narrowing, only allow [...]

Bamenda -- Our Final Destination

We spent our last few days in Cameroon in Bamenda. I had lived there for one summer way back when. Bamenda was comfortable for us. Hot but not muggy. We stayed at the Baptist guest house. If you're going to B'da and need a place to stay, this is i [...]

Musings 1

How can three plus week long trip be condensed down into a few blog entries? It can't. There is so much I have left out. So many experiences, smells, images, interactions... I know that things will pop into my head as time goes on so I may occasionall [...]