Advantages: You'll have some great stories to tell your grandkids. Disadvantages: If you get back.
"Staaaaan-ley! This is another fine mess you've got me into." - Oliver Hardy.
Back in the days when I worked offshore this quote pretty much summed up the unofficial offshore staff response to being told they were required to visit West Africa. Most field staff would rather work aboard a nice, clean, modern boat in the North Sea than an aging boat with dilapidated equipment that meant it was forever popping in and out of the steaming, malodorous, ... ...It wasn't all bad though, and more by luck than judgement I had some entertaining moments in the area, especially in Douala, Cameroon, where our boat was based.
*Weather*
Cameroon is unfeasibly hot, in the same damp, energy sapping way that a sauna is hot. It is also wet, with seasons where it rains at the same time every day in the middle of the afternoon, and other seasons where it just seems to rain the entire time. And the word "rain" doesn't ...
jimh1 16.07.2005
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Advantages: Good food,decent people,natural vegetation is good Disadvantages: you are on your own,lack of accountability,
...all over the world and Douala is no exception.For food there is plenty of good food at relatively cheap rates.You want grilled fish,roasted chicken,roasted cow meat,we can get all of these.Beer is relative cheap and most of it is brewed locally.For foreign beer you can get Heineken and Guinness in most of the super market.
The country is bilingual(French and English)though in Douala most people there would be speaking French.In terms of cleanliness ... ...especially during the periods when raining is constantly pouring down.Avoid going there during the months of June through November, that is the raining season.The are mosquitos.You are required to get treatment for malaria.Check with your doctor to find out whether you have a strong immune system.If you do not have one,try to build one up before you venture.If you are looking for ladies, there are beatifull women walking the streets(not hookers)but ...
etambe01 09.07.2008 (10.07.2008)
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