Day 68.. Thursday 8th June Back at the DR of Congo embassy for 9am and handed over passports, photos and obscene amounts of CFA notes.  Our visas should be ready to collect at 8am tomorrow.  Found a Toyota service garage 3 miles down the road.  The city traffic was so bad that our journey took...Read More

Day 67… Wednesday 7th June Maize and plantain seem to be the main produce of Cameroon and we saw several cars/people loaded up with supplies.  It is a very common sight to see people carrying machetes to cut down timer, vegetation and fruit and then balance/carry it on their head.  Also seen ‘bushmeat’ for sale...Read More

Day 66… Tuesday 6th June Discovered a broken jar of pasta sauce in the back of Greta.  The entire contents had manged to work its way into the drawer runners.  The road from the Cameroon boarder had been brutal and the entire contents of Greta had been shaken around.  It was a time consuming clean-up...Read More

Day 65… Monday 5th June The mechanic arrived early and confirmed it was a gear box problem.  He drove Greta and us to his garage (first time for him driving a right hand drive vehicle) and fixed it the same day.  Far cheaper for car parts and labour in Africa.  We got a yellow taxi...Read More

Day 64… Sunday 4th June Up before sunrise as we needed an early start and to be ready to get on the road for 6am (first light).  Very slow drive today covering only 130 miles over 9 hours.  The road heading from Banyo was very very bad.  Being thrown around over all the potholes, dips...Read More

Day 63… Saturday 3rd June Thunder/lightning/ rain storms for most of the night.  Our early 6.30am start plan did not happen due to the storms and difficulty in navigating the mud tracks in the mountains.  Took the view by 9.30am that the intense heat of the day would dry any mud in no time and...Read More

Day 62… Friday 2nd June The local mechanic arrived at 6.45am and Greta was fixed by 7.15am.  Spent the day sorting out the car, doing the laundry (handwashing) and enjoying the mountain views.  Very quiet and peaceful place with plenty of birds around.  Difficult to believe that this green landscape is Nigeria compared with the...Read More

Day 61… Thursday 1st June 38 police stops today – this is ridiculous!  The officers are all very friendly and want to have a chat.  Topics covered include the weather, the new Nigerian president, football and travel.  A couple of officers wanted photos with us, our passports and Greta – I felt like a minor...Read More