Limited access to phones and Internet. Very different from Yaounde. I'm out in a remote village with very little creature comforts. The people are incredibly nice, but I've never been a person into "roughing" it and that's exactly what it is like out here.
The environment is lush. In the mountains surrounded by waterfalls. Will try to update more when I can get to another computer.
Experiences like this makes you appreciate the standard of living in the US :-)
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About Project_Cameroon_07
Like many African-Americans, I recently took a DNA test to determine my maternal genealogy. My test results reveal my maternal genetic origins derive from Cameroon. The test specifically traced me to the Tikar peoples of the northwest province of Cameroon. Needless to say I am extremely grateful to have this knowledge. I have always wanted to know my specific African origins. I have scheduled a trip to Cameroon for mid-July 2007. I plan to volunteer with a development organization to help Cameroonians in need and to ensure companionship for myself during the trip. I feel it is important to document my trip for my family and others who might find this odyssey interesting. To that end, I have decided to produce a video documentary that chronicles the trip from beginning to end. My good friend Aaron has graciously agreed to help me produce this documentary. We will use this blog as a communication hub as we develop the documentary. We'll also use the blog to express our feelings about the trip and the documentary as it develops--BeLinda
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- In Belo
- Seems like a fairy tale, part two
- Seems like a fairy tale, part one
- For my soror in Los Angeles . . .
- Despite it all I still managed to get photos . . .
- Next post: photos and a story that seems like a fa...
- Television . . .
- First workshop presentation
- Television appearance
- The story of why they hate to be photographed
- My Host Family
- Election Day
- Update: Cultural faux pauxs . . .
- Cultural faux pauxs . . .
- From the mouths of babes . . .
- Trip to the open air market . . .
- Royal Treatment
- Back home . . .
- Yaounde airport
- The flight . . .
- I'm here!!!!!
- Happy birthday to me!
- Sounds like I'm complaining, but it's just STRESS
- Ok, I get a chance to relax . . .
- Cameroon won't be a vacation, deux . . .
- Cameroon won't be a vacation . . .
- The time is almost here . . .
- No computers from my company for CITEC . . .
- Remaining tasks
- The countdown begins!!!
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2 comments:
I can't wait to here more about Belo. Quit complaining, you're from Mississippi, you've seen worse living conditions.
Perhaps you need to take a sweet or two from that Whitman's Sampler you mentioned to a waterfall to pass some time, no? Insulin can be had somewhere, I'm sure...
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