Gijs’ travelogue

Terraces of Quechomuyo (2)

Terraces of Quechomuyo (2)

Close to Cusco and even closer to the great Machu Picchu lays another Inca plender. The Terraces of Quechomuyo lays in the middle of the Secret Valley and were used as a greenhouse for acclimatizing plants to the Andes.

Terraces of Quechomuyo (1)

Terraces of Quechomuyo (1)

Close to Cusco and even closer to the great Machu Picchu lays another Inca plender. The Terraces of Quechomuyo lays in the middle of the Secret Valley and were used as a greenhouse for acclimatizing plants to the Andes.

Adolf Hithler Fasion Spot

Adolf Hithler Fasion Spot

Whenever you want to do some gestapo style fashion shopping around Buea, Cameroon. Go to Adolf Hithler Fasion Spot.

Unfortunatly it was closed every time I visited it.

Getting Around - Cameroon

Getting Around - Cameroon

Totally broke we jump into the next adventure. From Ekok, just across the border we find a driver who is willing to help us to get to the closest bank, which is in Kumba, a city a couple of hours north of Duala. If we arrive there we can pay him the money for the trip. The roads in Nigeria were bad but the roads here in Cameroon are just beyond comprehension. Because of the rainy season and the heavy traffic the roads are in terrible condition. With an overloaded car we hop from one hole into the other. Some of the holes are so deep and so wide that the entire car disappears in it. More than often we have to get out of the car to make it possible for the vehicule to carry on. Also from time to time we have to help other cars who have stranded. The time pass es and it is clear that we are not gonna make it to the banks in Kumba before closure time. After a rollercoaster ride of twelve hours we arrive in Kumba in the middle of the night. Our chauffeur invites us to his house to sleep there so we can exchange the money for him at the bank tomorrow.

Filling Station near Kumba

Filling Station near Kumba

Don't expact to get Esso coins when getting gas for your car in the north-west of Cameroon.
The filling stations out here are nothing more then a bunch of glass bottles containing gas.
For a nickel and a dime you can fill up your car.

Mambo Bafut- annual dance

Photo Essay written 13 April 2008

Every year a dance is organised for the 'Fon' of Mambo Bafut in the Grasslands Area of Cameroon

Streetsigns-Bolivia

Streetsigns-Bolivia

Handpainted toilet sign I found in a busstation in Bolivia

National Parc Noel Kempff Mercado - Trying to cut the forest in half

Photo Essay written 6 April 2008

From our base camp in National Parc Noel Kempff Mercado we undertook a two day trip to the centre of wilderness

National Park Noel Kempf Mercado(8)

National Park Noel Kempf Mercado(8)

Heitor, one of our guides and the owner of the boat that took us to Catamarca.

National Park Noel Kempf Mercado(7)

National Park Noel Kempf Mercado(7)

Capabara's, worlds largest rodents, on shore

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