Mount Ngaoundere
Presented with some free time, I'm hiding out in the city of Ngaoundere. Ngaoundere is the regional capital of the Adamawa region. Quick geography lesson (pull out your handy Cameroonian map you likely keep beside your desk): Cameroon is composed of ten regions. The two western most regions Southwest and Northwest are "anglophone" which I put in quotes because I've never understood a word any anglophone has ever said to me. Then you have the West, Littoral, and Centre all sort of in the middle with money and govenerment and such. Next up we have the South, conveniently located in the south, and the East which is a huge rainforest complete with pigmies. Finally, there is the Grand North, my home, consisting of the Adamawa, North, and Extreme North. The Adamawa may be in the Grand North, but it doesn't resemble the Extreme in the least. It is lush and green and cool and hilly and it rains a lot. The North is at least arid and h...