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Follow the Misadventures of Chris as he explores the world of I.T. in Lomie, Cameroon developing a Credit Union Accounting System!

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January 1, 2003

It wasn't quite the holidays without a little cold weather, but going for a swim in the ocean at midnight on New Year's wasn't a bad way to spend the evening either. Overall it was a fairly mellow evening though there was some very sorry dancing done by a few of us to make up for the fabulous Assiko dancers.

Beach Bum!

It was a very spiff way to spend New Year's day sitting and playing a few tunes on the beach before heading into the water for a swim! Once we had the preliminaries out of the way Chris, a VSO Nigeria, his brother Dave and myself headed into town to watch our beloved Arsenal play Chelsea in the afternoon. It was a little more tense than necessary but the lads pulled it through to extend their lead at the top of the League.

December 27, 2002

Top Of the World, Ma!

A day and a half of climbing and we hit the summit of Mt. Cameroon (4095m). We had a great time in spite of the hard work....little did we know that we had barely begun! The journey down was far tougher and longer than the journey up although the reward at the end of the trip was the best tasting beer I have ever had. For the full story and more pictures take a look here.

December 25, 2002

Christmas day we pulled our butts out of bed and had a nice little boat trip over to a small island where we enjoyed a nice Christmas Day picnic. There were a couple of fuzzy heads around from our late night Christmas Eve but we managed to hold it together until evening....

December 24, 2002

Our Christmas Eve began fairly mellow with some english folk dancing led by Charlie, a VSO volunteer from the North of Cameroon. This led into a little bit of guitar playing with Charlie, John, Leanne and myself playing a few tunes. Things picked up a little after midnight as a large group of us headed off to the Black & White nightclub to really celebrate Christmas! Other than a brief moment where I did my bit for Christmas Peace, Love and understanding by almost getting in a scrap everyone had a blast and this led to.....

Christmas Morning Swim

...swimming in the hotel pool at 5am. Here Jannigje, Russell and I are splashing around, no doubt endearing ourselves to the other guests. A small group of us made until sun up when bed finally became too much of a draw and POOF! we hit the hay just as the sun rose in the sky.

December 21, 2002

Here are a few of us all dressed up for a good time! Don't I look smashing in my Bafut hat and Charles's North West outfit? I must get one for myself!!

December 14, 2002

Well, if I had any sanity left 6 weeks in Lomie has surely ridden me of that pesky nuisance. I am now free to be as mad as I want to be. If you want details on many of the odd occurrences I have run into there is an epic email under 'Archived Emails' at left. In summary, there hasn't been much electricity and my little demon kitty is the only thing that seems stable. I was pretty close to packing up and coming home after 4 weeks of darkness but then I figured what the heck, I can see the ugly mugs of my friends and family anytime!

Archived Stories

I can't put all my stories on the front page or it would take 10 minutes to load! Check out some of the older items here or surf through the links at left to see what I have been up to.