Traveling(!): Limbé, Yaoundé, Ngaoundéré, Garoua

(I wrote this last night the 26th but am posting this on today the 27th since we have no internet in the house)

Right now as I write this, I’m sitting with my host sisters, watching a latin-american telenovela which has been translated into French.

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Traveling

Hey hey I’m traveling again this week! I was going to be going back to the west province with my host dad but his plans have changed and he now has to travel to the capitol Yaoundé and then Ngaoundéré before leaving Thursday to go to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire for 10 days.

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West Province

This week I got to my host brother/father’s village. To clarify, if the parents of the house I live in are my host-parents, then Marius, who I’ve been calling my host-brother is actually my host uncle. That is, he is the little brother of the Father of the family I live with.

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ça c'est le what

I’ve been really glad to be here the last week. I feel confident about getting around on my own and I’m enjoying the web-design work I’ve been doing.

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Mailing Address

Here’s my mailing address. This is the address of Aigle Voyages, the travel agency my host family owns. If you are planning on sending anything larger than a letter, you should send it through ups or dhl.

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Pictures (and some other things)

Things with me are going well. The first couple weeks were really intense but I feel a lot more settled in and comfortable now. I went with some co-workers today to speak to a group of retired military who are potential clients for the microfinance coop CEFA...

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SkypeOut

Hey I set up Skype so that when you skype me and I’m not online (I’m almost never online on my computer) it will automatically connect you to my cellphone here in Cameroon. So please call me, my skype name is johnboiles.

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