Road tripping in Cameroon

We did our fair share of road tripping around Cameroon, to Kribi before Christmas and to Bamenda (in thr mountains of the northwest) after Christmas. Thought we'd share some pictures of what you might see from the car on the way.
Plenty of tiny houses, surrounded by their small farms and forest

Bus loaded down with people and their cargo, coming around a corner out of the forest

Speaking of loaded down, poor little car!


People place their produce along the road in piles to sell - wonderful, sweet, cheap, pineapples!

Bunches o' plantains and bananas, so much better than what you get in the US because it ripens on the tree - my Dad was dispatched to get a hand of bananas for car snacks.
On almost any trip in Cameroon, you cross the mighty Sanaga River at some point. An old Tarzan movie was shot along the Sanaga.

Even along the road, there are some beautiful sites if you know where to look - these spectacular waterfalls are right by the road.almost as far down toward the falls as we could get - where the spray itself is a wind and you can't stand for long without getting wet!The rainbow formed by the spray arches across the pool belowOr you might run into some car trouble and have a chance to change a flatTowns along the way give an opportunity to find food, do some shopping (last chance to pick up French bread before we get to English Cameroon!).....

or find a spot to go to the bathroom (I'm not kidding!!)No Santa!! (there's a town called Santa, and the red bar across the name indicates that you're leaving)We stopped in the town of Bafia to see a childhood friend of mine - his mom worked for my parents when we lived in the village of Yoko, and she would bring all of her kids over while she worked. Jean Marie is the same age I am and we grew up playing together.He's now doing water project maintenance for the Catholic church in Bafia, with his beautiful family. The baby is named after her grandmother.