Macclesfields Finest - Africa Overland

Kribi was pretty nice but unfortunately my one month visa was pretty close to expiring, so time to head out towards Gabon. The plan was Kribi being a half way stop between Yaounde and the border, however the rainy season is now in full swing and the road was closed. […]

I caught the fairly civilized yet cramped bus down to Kribi, its a pretty special place with lots of small sandy coves and palm trees. Its also home to the second houses of most of the Cameroonian government. Cameroon was once voted the most corrupt country in the world, coming […]

I had a good time in Anglophone Cameroon, but it was back to the Yaounde to get on the visa search and see if I can find a route across central africa. I stayed at the Presbyterian mission again which has a big hundred year old house for weary travellers like […]

It was going to happen sooner or later, a combination of tiredness after my trekking and a slight drop of my guard, and before I know it my Digital Camera has entered the realms of the Cameroonian Black Market.
Its not the loss of the camera that made the worse impact, but the loss […]

Arriving in Yaounde certainly made a change from the dry north, everything is lush tropical green and very hilly. I stayed at the homely Presbyterian Mission while thinking of a plan. I decided to put off thinking of a plan and instead thought I would go and visit the Ring Road area […]

After Rhumsiki I head back uneventfully to Maroua, from here I plan one more trip out to the village of Maga. According to my guide book it is full of unique domed houses made entirely of clay. I arrive at the bus stop at dawn (6am) hoping to catch the first bus, […]

Cameroons Extreme North region is a good place for hiking and for visiting some small traditional villages. So as usual I travel on market days when public transport is a bit more frequent. The first stop is Mokolo a pretty nice town on the route to the Mandara mountains, I get chatting […]

The crossing into the Extreme North of Cameroon (Banki) was problem free, in fact possibly the easiest so far. The car from Nigeria dropped me off on the Nigerian side, a bike then swept me through the backstreets to the Cameroon side avoiding all the formalities.
I then had to walk back to the Nigerian side […]