Kribi

You want other bad news?
As I was spending one of my most relaxing weekend on the coast, eating grilled prawns the feet in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, my camera fell in the water… No need to say that it’s dead (like my fridge, my laptop, my mouse, and now my external driver…)
So don’t be surprised if there are not that many good pictures, my friend's camera is not as good as mine :(

It starts with a meeting in Douala with Dimitri, a friend from Yaoundé. Even if I left Dschang at 10am, we left Douala at 7pm only, and I was so tired from the night before (I went to bed at 5am after the Gala), that we decided to stop in Edea, a small town where Dimitri has family. It’s only the day after, at sunset, that we arrived in Kribi, and spent a night in a very nice hotel for half price, Dimitri knowing the people again :)

About Kribi: it’s the most touristy town in Cameroun, well known for its beautiful golden beaches and warm water all year long (but personally I prefer Limbé, its brown beaches and green volcanoes…).

The first day, we decided to see Les Chutes de la Lobé (Lobé Falls, from the name of the river that goes straight in the Atlantic Ocean). You can get to the other side by swimming in a half-salted water, which is pretty nice!
Then you eat fresh grilled prawns and fish (don’t think about the prices, 3 times the ones in Dschang…). But unfortunately, that is when I dropped my camera in the water ‘-(
The fact is that the place was so nice, that we decided to spend a night there, in a small bungalow (just a bed, no shower or toilet, but who cares for 2000 FCFA = 3€), where you fall asleep with the sound of the waves…
We woke up early to go on a pirogue tour on the Lobé, in the tropical forest. We visited a Pygmée Village, played Tarzan on the lianes, and even saw monkeys in the trees! What a wild and exciting day :D

Then we went back to the town, stopping at the Marina where there was the annual Fishing Race. We didn’t want to stay long and waited for only 2 boats to come back, but one of them was the winner with a huge Merlin (about 200 kg).

Last sunset on the beach…