Arrived in Cameroon

Alright I am officially in Africa! After being back in the US of A for about 60 hours, getting a yellow fever shot and taking a malaria pill (Larium), I flew back across the ocean to Belgium. From there, we got on a plane to Douala Cameroon - the biggest city and the largest port in West Africa! So far, it is great. The country director (CD) James Han met us at the airport along with a number of other Peace Corps (PC) staff. They took care of everything for us. My luggage arrived and in fact out of all 30 of us, most of whom had two bags, only one bag didn't make it. The hotel staff is amazing. We are staying at the Jet Hotel which is about 10 minutes from the airport. Had a fabulous dinner of fish and plantains... drank some pretty great pineapple juice... and tried my first Cameroonian beer which was brewed locally here in Douala. It was called Isenbeck. I was impressed with it to be honest. It is hot here. It is currently 10pm and from the rooftop bar I can attest to the fact that it is about 85 and super humid. Tomorrow we get on a 4 hour bus ride up to the capital city of Yaounde. We will be there about 3 days and then get on a 16 hour night train to Garoua - the 3rd largest city in Cameroon which is up in the Grand North part of the country.

Alight I promise to keep you as posted as possible with the unreliable electricity - we have been here 2 hours and it has already shut off twice - and the lack of internet. I think my phone is going to work and I will try to get a new chip for it ASAP. Love and miss y'all very much! I will try to upload a few pics now!