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It has been two weeks now that I moved to Douala, Cameroon.
Last Sunday, I made a first ride outside Douala. I went to Limbe through Buea, a small city located on the Cameroon Mt volcano, 1000m high. To reach that place located one hour drive from Douala, you have to drive through palm trees and heveas fields. Due to heavy rains and the volcano, people can grow almost everything from flowers to ananas, bananas and tea leaves.
In Buea itself, you may visit the former German gouvernor "Von Puttkammer" palace. That city is part of the anglophone provinces since the German left the country in 1919. People are speaking Pidgin, an african english slang. Right outside Buea, when you drive along the road which leads down to the coast and Limbe, you are in the middle of the tea fields. This is an impressive feeling to drive around those green areas from one hill to another. Sometime, you meet small waterfalls, huge trees, gigantic banana leaves. You should be able to find a monastery along the way but we failed to locate it.
Just before reaching Limbe located on the coast, you can stop at few spots between large trees which offer a fantastic panorama over the different bays and the rocks emerging from the sea.
The clouds and mist areas are really creating an fantastic atmosphere. You feel you are part of a very different world. |
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