Back to Cameroon

Christie and I finally made it.  Our flights were uneventful and even the arrival at the Douala airport went smoother than last year, which I am thankful for.  I think some familiarity with the tricks the porters use to try to get you to hire them "give me your luggage tags, I am airport security" helped to reduce some of the stress.  Tomorrow is another day of travel, driving from Douala to Bamenda then, hopefully, on to Mbingo.  Here is a map with the points of interest tagged.


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Getting ready to go

I've finished my last week of work until December and am looking at preparing for our trip.  Looking back on the past week I think it is at least worth noting that I work in a very interesting place. Where else can I take care of an immigrant from Ecuador with cholangitis, an 89 year old Hmong woman with swine flu, a "skin popper" cellulitis, and a nice lady from the suburbs with complicated pancreatitis all in a row.  Still, I'm glad to be done for a while.  Now it's time to pack and make some plan for what we'll be doing for the next 5 and a half weeks (for Christie only 3).  As Christie will be along I might not post as much as I did last year, but as a team effort we'll try to keep this up-to-date.  For your information below is our flight itinerary for the trip out. Also, at the bottom of the blog is a clock showing the current time in Cameroon (GMT +1).

Flight from:		Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP) to New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
		Depart: 11:10 a.m., Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 Arrive: 2:45 p.m. Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 Flight Number: Continental Airlines 2161

Flight from:		New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) to Brussels, Belgium (BRU)
		Depart: 6:35 p.m., Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 Arrive: 6:50 a.m. +1 Day Sat., Oct. 31, 2009 Flight Number: Continental Airlines 60

Flight from:		Brussels, Belgium (BRU) to Douala CM (DLA)
		Depart: 10:40 a.m., Sat., Oct. 31, 2009 Arrive: 5:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 31, 2009 Flight Number: SN Brussels Airlines 351