Day 102: Through the rain forests
Soutpiel Safari
John & Jenny
Tue 15 Feb 2011 17:31
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Day 102: Monday 14 February 2011. Bush camp near Nguti,
Cameroon N05 12.769 E009 23.705 Distance driven 159 km
We had a late start from our bush camp in the forest and
drove to Mamfe for lunch. The "road" was generally good with a few really
bad sections where trucks had gouged out deep wells in the road almost as deep
as the height of the Land Rover. As there had been no recent rain the road
was entirely dry and presented no problems. Had it been wet it would have been a
different story!
After a lunch of fried plantain and chicken with a spicy
tomato sauce, we set off towards Kumba through beautiful rain forest. On
advice, we took the "new" road through Ossing and Akak as the "old" road is
apparently impassable. It turned out to be a well graded track with very
few potholes as far as Nguti, and was a beautifully scenic route. We made
two mistakes, the first was not stopping for a swim at a beautiful river
crossing just south of Ossing; the second was not stopping to camp for the
night in the forest. We stupidly pressed on to Nguti and out onto the "main"
road as we thought it was going to rain. The "main" road was a mess of very deep
holes and we would have been better off staying in the forest. As it was
we camped up a farm track and after supper, having talked to a local, moved back
into the village of Manyamen and camped in the field behind his
house.
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