In Yaounde after Christmas

We spent a lot of the last week we were there hanging out in Yaounde. Over the fence of the guesthouse we stayed in, Ed could watch soccer, or more properly football games.
It was just a short walk from our guesthouse through the neighborhood to Paul and Christy's. This container and rusted out car propped up on its side were landmarks of the road we turned down to get to their house. :)
Christy's house is full of wildlife besides her children. Their rabbits had a litter of babies just before we got there, that appeared our last few days there. The rabbits have free reign of the yard and breed, well, like rabbits! Nothing gets the kids more excited than chasing "baby bunnies"around!
The also have an African Gray parrot named "Hola" who loves to petted on the back of his head, and is starting to be a good talker.
Ed took pictures of other wildlife in the yard - a flock of tiny sparrows
a centipide....Uncle Greg!!When we weren't preparing mounds of food at home, we went out to various restaurants around Yaounde - this one had a room in back for the kids to play while waiting for food.Driving around Yaounde - past the HiltonNear some of the crazy 1960s architecture Ministry buildingsWe visited the artisan's market, the central market, and checked up on our reservations to go home... :)

Paul also took us to the site where he's building the new high school, Rain Forest International School. The basketball court site (a huge reservoir will be built under it)....The science building going up fast...The jungle over the back fenceMy Dad decided that the sons-in-law new to Cameroon needed to make a trip down to the valley where he once had a dam and fish pond project.My Dad and the pondThe intrepid sons-in-law with their machetes (being followed by some curious kids!)Kids collecting water to take home for their families - even the little ones help out!I don't really have the best picture to close with - maybe a picture of a plane landing at the airport. It was awesome to have two weeks in Cameroon to show Ed around, to spend time with my sisters, for our husbands to get to know each other, and to hang out with my niece and nephew.

Bye till 2009!