Thursday, January 22, 2009

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Back in Buea

Hello,

now I manage to finally publish a blog entry about my first few weeks RETURN in Buea. About my trip to Mamfe I'll write soon. Before the trip to Mamfe I have infected my netbook with a virus and unfortunately can no longer use it since then until now. Now I really miss a CD-ROM drive, because booting from a USB stick is now not so easy and I restore my netbook still not been able to.

My first week in Buea was more like a Fortsetyung my vacation, which I was not, however, said in this way.
was instead what each day of the launch of the School on Wheels project announced for the next day before we were told on Wednesday that we will only start next week. With the computer hours, it was similar. On Monday, had probably not yet adjusted to the fact that students have the computer lesson. Then something incredible happened on Tuesday. After three months, the students for the first time on time by 13> 50 Clock at the computer room and of course we were too late on that day, so that our mentor has the hour to cancel. The local computer teachers had longer (for whatever reason) one week vacation. The computer time on Wednesday and Thursday, then fell out too. So it happened to me with my German class, which turned out because the teacher of the class has 5b leave school and the students were distributed to the classes 5a and 5c, to a new teacher is found. Instead, it was
on Thursday to do something else. Jean, a volunteer from Italy, for 20 "new" (used) computers complete with flat screens ensured that we have equipped on Thursday with operating system and antivirus software. As is so often the case with the technique worked well this time not everything, as it should and in the first hours, we are little advanced. Finally, we found that some installation CDs not working properly and it was not from these boats. In the afternoon, the installation went pretty smoothly, with most of the time we were waiting on the next necessary entries in the Windows installation. By evening we had set up nearly all computers and only a few stubbornly refused to be equipped with Windows. Through a night shift supervisor of the internet cafes that were already on Friday morning with better facilities reopen. From my original work plan were held in the first week, thus only 6 hours. Instead, I got the internet withdrawal over the past two weeks again, as I spent many hours in cyberspace.
This weekend I was with Nathan, a new volunteer from Wales, on the road and he had shown the environment. In addition, we were on demMarkt where we two additional buckets for Water Resources have increased. The water supply had been returning from Kribi back pretty bad and since Thursday (at least until the the following Wednesday) there was no running water anymore.
In the second work week corresponded to at least the Arbeitsaktivitaeten on Monday and our work plan. So we had a computer lesson where we learned things, and repeated the surprise was how much the children have kept it. After all, most had served for 4 weeks without a computer anymore.
The School on Wheels project in the afternoon was more like a private tutoring hour as a community program, because although Barclay had announced the launch of the project, published only 5 children, so I practiced with a student of the first class, the first letter of the alphabet, referring particularly in Zuordnungder letter (Which letter is an A?) large Had problems. On Tuesday was the School on Wheels project again, and I only had the gym class where we practiced the passing on the reins and a computer lesson. This tag should be again, the last more or less regular working day this week, as Mr. Orock want to go on Wednesday with us to Mamfe (north of Buea), where UAC's last year also opened an on-and primary schools and where it is also a School on Wheels project is. Mr. Orock also comes from a village in the vicinity of Mamfe, which he would like to show us. I am very excited on the way to Mamfe, because this probably very bad, and in the dry season will be impassable. On Wednesday it will start at 11 clock, and I here in Cameroon do not believe in such times. But we'll see. Last week the students were indeed on time at the computer lesson.
Much love

Jannik

Monday, January 5, 2009

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My Christmas and New Year's Eve

Hey You,

I wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you are all well-slipped.
Contrary to our original schedule, we (the weltwärts volunteers DEDs) but now all the time in Kribi and there have celebrated Christmas and New Year. In particular Christmas Eve, but I have not felt really Christmassy. All the things like the cold weather that made shorter days, the Christmas lights and the Christmas markets in me already no Vorweihnachtsstimmung pay and Christmas Eve I did then, which over the years has become habitual (almost identical) sequence. On Christmas Eve sit on the beach and sing Christmas songs for me was a bit weird. Really understand that Christmas, I could not.

have Later in the evening we then ate at a rock on the beach along with several other volunteers, a nice meal with fish, shrimp.

In Cameroon, the Christmas and New Year is generally celebrated with great and rich food. The Canadian volunteers of the celebrated Christmas here in Buea in the family of Mr. Orock has said that the Christmas celebration of food, food and more food was. For this feast save many families throughout the year. In part, some families join together to buy a whole cow to and from this prepare a Christmas dinner.
But back to our Christmas party in Kribi. On 1 Christmas Day, who was also the birthday of Catherine of volunteers from Bafoussam, we have again a buffet of fish, Krevettten, meat and various side dishes eaten on the beach. The rest of the day we spent, like many other days also, on the beach and the sea. I also walk on the beach a short distance to nearby Lobe waterfalls, which are not as big and impressive as the Ekom Falls, but give it a beautiful picture.

around these waterfalls is affected very touristy and there are several small shops with paintings and other art.
Otherwise, we spend most days on the beach and the sea. From time to time we drove into town to Kribi. We have stayed relatively cheap in the Catholic mission, about 7 km outside of Kribi, so we always had to take taxis to the city. There is a large market that was very full on Christmas Eve. Otherwise, there are some minor Kribi "supermarkets" and a very modern and equipped with air conditioning Boulangerie. In Kribi I could eat pizza again for the first time. For about 7 € I then get a very good Italian Pizza Margherita, which I would not have complained in Germany. After three months in which I ate mostly very oily Cameroonian courts, the pizza was a welcome change. Since
Kribi is affected very touristy and you will find many hotels and restaurants where you can get and European dishes. Overall, I've seen in Kribi so many "whites", as I have ever seen in any other place in Cameroon.
After I praise the water of the river already looked after descending the falls, we have a boat tour on Saturday made to the praise of inland river. In two Canoes we were traveling about 2 hours on the River. It is also possible to drive to the various Pigmäendörfern. But we wanted to do without it because it's more of a tourist spectacle, as an awareness of the culture and lifestyle. Instead, we prefer to enjoy the magnificent landscape with the sounds of the jungle.

On the last day of the year we have used the kitchen in our accommodation, to cook our own New Year's Eve dinner. As a starter, we had Bruscetta, as a main dish with vegetables and spaghetti sauce and a side table to pineapple and papaya. This food was so delicious that I did not stop with the food was. The time until midnight, we have was then spent on the beach, where a fire was made and later danced. Around midnight, we could then even a few rockets from the nearby hotels see the sky. The New Year's night, we then spent a night club in Limbe, Kribi. Since we have the night club where we had Christmas, too expensive, we went to another club. In Kribi celebrated the people left out and with plenty of beer on the streets and it was difficult to come by car forward. I was in the nightclub after the first step backwards again almost walked out because it was so extremely hot and stuffy. Instead of an air conditioning system of the lower ticket price was only enough for some fans, so I am almost there as much as sweating on the bus in Douala. After a relatively short night, we were able to relax during the day at the beach and in the late afternoon we indulged in Kribi again a pizza. The last day in Kribi, we have once again spent at the beach where we ate dinner and one last time fish and prawns. During the day I bought my Christmas present yet in the form of two images. In the evening we have the luxury of a dessert at a restaurant Ilomba indulged in the hotel. There, I indulged in for 2800 CFA (4.3 €), a banana split. In the village, where the Catholic mission, we wanted to drink a beer. However, had the bar closed and the other bar was the beer from. New Year's Eve and New Year have been used up all the stocks and on 2 January was probably not in a position to provide for replenishment. had survived Finally we drank some wine, the New Year's Eve and New Year. In an approximately 6-hour drive we arrived in Limbe on Saturday, where we spent the last evening before it went back on Sunday to use spaces. For me, it was also yet to complete my report to the DED. After almost two weeks, "Internet withdrawal" I took the option of free and reasonably fast Internet in the Cyber UAC for a few hours.
Today is Monday, it continues to work just as slow, as it stopped before the holidays. The computer classes, and the School on Wheels Project will only start again tomorrow, Tuesday, so today we had only our French and otherwise free time. I hope this is not the next day that way. In three weeks we have seen our volunteers at the intermediate seminar and again and maybe this takes place also in Kribi.
Many Greetings
Jannik