Advantages: You'll have some great stories to tell your grandkids.
Disadvantages: If you get back.

..."Staaaaan-ley! This is another fine mess you've got me into." - Oliver Hardy. Back in the days when I worked offshore this quote pretty much summed up the unofficial offshore staff response to being told they were required to visit West Africa. Most field staff would rather work aboard a nice, clean, modern boat in the North Sea than an aging boat with dilapidated equipment that meant it was forever popping in and out of the steaming, malodorous, cockroach-infested, run down and beaten up ports of West Africa. It wasn't all bad though, and more by luck than judgement I had some entertaining moments in the area, especially in Douala, Cameroon, where our boat was based. *Weather* Cameroon is unfeasibly hot, in the same damp, energy sapping way that a sauna is hot. It is also wet, with seasons where it rains at the same time every day... Read review

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Advantages: Good people,good natural sites,been descriped as africa in miniature
Disadvantages: the roads in some of the towns,security

...History Cameroon got its independence in 1960 and it is a country located in Central Africa.With a population of about 17million people the country is bilingual(French and English)with the french language being spoken by 80 percent of the people. Potential The country is rich in natural resources;oil(in the bakassi area and off coast of Limbe)timber(part of the Congo basin)but agriculture still plays a major part in the livehood of the people.The country exports coffee,cocoa and coffee as its major cash crops.Locally a lot of foodstuff that feeds the central african region comes from this nation. Transportation Getting around had improve in some ares of the country such as Douala and Yaunde.When you arrive the country you either get in through the Nsimalen Airport in the nation's capital which is in Yaounde or through the Douala... Read review

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...~ ~ I have to admit that I was very concerned about Ireland’s opening match against Cameroon this morning (1st June) that opened up their 2002 World Cup campaign in Asia. The loss of their Captain Roy Keane was a real blow, as he is without a question the most talented Irish player, and adds a different dimension to the side every time he takes the field. So I was hoping against hope that Ireland could somehow get something positive out of the Cameroon game, but after watching the opening game between current World Champion’s France, and another African nation, Senegal, I suspected that the Irish side were on a hiding to nothing. But, yet again, their big Irish hearts rose to the occasion, and they proved all the pre-match pundits wrong with a marvellous 1-1 draw, in a game that they could easily have won... Read review

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Advantages: People. Scenery. Warm welcome.
Disadvantages: Roads. Jabs and malaria tablets.

...and drops the entire basketful. She blushes and giggles with embarrassment as we help her to pick up the wood and continue on her journey. Just before 7 o' clock in the ev