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Getting Around - Cameroon
Totally broke we jump into the next adventure. From Ekok, just across the border we find a driver who is willing to help us to get to the closest bank, which is in Kumba, a city a couple of hours north of Duala. If we arrive there we can pay him the money for the trip. The roads in Nigeria were bad but the roads here in Cameroon are just beyond comprehension. Because of the rainy season and the heavy traffic the roads are in terrible condition. With an overloaded car we hop from one hole into the other. Some of the holes are so deep and so wide that the entire car disappears in it. More than often we have to get out of the car to make it possible for the vehicule to carry on. Also from time to time we have to help other cars who have stranded. The time pass es and it is clear that we are not gonna make it to the banks in Kumba before closure time. After a rollercoaster ride of twelve hours we arrive in Kumba in the middle of the night. Our chauffeur invites us to his house to sleep there so we can exchange the money for him at the bank tomorrow.
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Filling Station near Kumba
Don't expact to get Esso coins when getting gas for your car in the north-west of Cameroon.
The filling stations out here are nothing more then a bunch of glass bottles containing gas.
For a nickel and a dime you can fill up your car.
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Mambo Bafut- annual dance
Photo Essay written 13 April 2008
Every year a dance is organised for the 'Fon' of Mambo Bafut in the Grasslands Area of Cameroon
Streetsigns-Bolivia
Handpainted toilet sign I found in a busstation in Bolivia
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National Parc Noel Kempff Mercado - Trying to cut the forest in half
Photo Essay written 6 April 2008
From our base camp in National Parc Noel Kempff Mercado we undertook a two day trip to the centre of wilderness
National Park Noel Kempf Mercado(8)
Heitor, one of our guides and the owner of the boat that took us to Catamarca.
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National Park Noel Kempf Mercado(7)
Capabara's, worlds largest rodents, on shore
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National Park Noel Kempf Mercado(6)
Abalardo, one of our guides into the park, took a nap in our boat
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National Park Noel Kempf Mercado(5)
An aerial view of National Park Noel Kempf Mercado.
Underneath you see the density of the forest
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National Park Noel Kempf Mercado(4)
An aerial view of National Park Noel Kempf Mercado
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Gijs Bekenkamp has been a member since 12 November 2007 and goes by 945ontwerp.
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Hi there, my name is Gijs Bekenkamp.
I'm the owner of 945, a graphic design and photography company in the Netherlands.
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