Jan 28, 2009 - Cameroon

Sorry for the delay in updating the blog but we have only just got onto internet for the first time in 2 weeks today. We bush camped most of the way and even had one night camping in a Catholic Mission and another with a locals cows! After 3 nights bush camping we finally made it to Lake Lagado where we could shower and swim in the lake (we probably now have bilharzia!) but we were so pleased to have a wash - we basically have only had 2 proper showers in 2 weeks - I dread to think what we smell like! From the lake we then headed to Garoua to stock up on provisions and then out to the Cameroon/Nigeria border at Demsa. ... Border is probably not the right word seeing as there was nothing there (the actual border and no mans land was a dried up river bed) and there was no military around - quite quick really and only 3 and half hours.Sorry for the delay in updating the blog but we have only just got onto internet for the first time in 2 weeks today. We bush camped most of the way and even had one night camping in a Catholic Mission and another with a locals cows! After 3 nights bush camping we finally made it to Lake Lagado where we could shower and swim in the lake (we probably now have bilharzia!) but we were so pleased to have a wash - we basically have only had 2 proper showers in 2 weeks - I dread to think what we smell like! From the lake we then headed to Garoua to stock up on provisions and then out to the Cameroon/Nigeria border at Demsa. ... Border is probably not the right word seeing as there was nothing there (the actual border and no mans land was a dried up river bed) and there was no military around - quite quick really and only 3 and half hours....