Saturday was quite the adventure. I think most of the other girls were pissed but it takes a lot to make me irritated here. So we met with Fru Ndi, who is the leader of the political opposition party called the SDF. Let's just say he is kinda a big deal. He is also said to be the lawful winner of the first presidential elections in Cameroon...anyhow we went to Fru Ndi's compound and he gave a talk and then invited us to visit a tea plant which was allegedly one hour away. Four hours after driving this crotchity bus up and down weaving mountain roads, frequantly having to stop and walk up the mountains to lighten the load of the bus and once having to push it, we arrived to a tea plant. It turns out that the guy who owns the plant is kinda a big deal too, he is the second largest employer of the Cameroonian people. He is very wealthy and owns a lot of land which makes all the traditional chiefs suspicious and jealous so he invited all the big deal fons to his plant and to a party to let them see what he's doing and to let them know that he can always use employees if they have unemployed people in their villages.

Random updates: My camera got stolen and I mourned it like it was a human being.

written by  peep on October 6, 2008 from Bamenda, Cameroon
from the travel blog: Cameroon
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Nee!! I finally found your blog! I just read all your entries and I am so glad you are having an amazing time! I miss you soo much!

written by  Mary Gulino on October 6, 2008

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I found your blog!!!! :) and of course you mourned your camera! How will you get pictures to us?!?!?! I'm glad to hear that you're having fun! although, there were a lot of words in there that I don't recognize....

written by  Jacie on October 8, 2008

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