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May 16, 2009
16 May 2009 - Bamenda
Today was a relaxing, yet productive day – and our first real day off. Jane and I spent the morning taking advantage of the empty clinic (with available Internet), then went down to Commercial Avenue to meet Charlie and Ryan (a VSO volunteer who lives in Ndop) for lunch. It seems we will be getting to know VSO volunteers quite well. We went to Dreamland for lunch – a restaurant specifically catered to out-of-towners. We got a table on the balcony with a great view.
Jane called her parents after lunch – only 900 CFA ($1.75 USD) to call home! If Skype doesn’t work for me tomorrow, I’ll be trying that option. We proceeded down to PressShop, an African craft store. I got a cool mug and painted cloth. We kept moving to the main market where Jane and I successfully completed our Cameroon mission (buying soccer jerseys) and also got some necessary household items.
Dropped off newly purchased items and accompanied Charlie to Steve’s house for a VSO party. Charlie and Steve are next door neighbors and both of them have incredibly large houses. Our living situation is definitely not bad, but I also wouldn’t mind living in their places (I suppose our location vastly beats there’s though). It was interesting to meet some of the other volunteers.
Two more power outages while getting ready for bed. We’ve heard we likely won’t have power for most of the day tomorrow. Yikes.
Posted by ajvandeu at May 16, 2009 09:51 AM