I can’t tell one day from another here in Fundong. My breakfast coffee and bread are my favorite meal since I brought my own espresso beans, a grinder and an espresso pot from the States . In Bamenda, a big town a few hours away, there is a good bakery and the supermarket sells imported French […]
What Can We do?
by lois pierris on March 8, 2011 in cameroon
As I sat listening to a podcast on Brazil that I had downloaded on my computer before I left the States, my displeasure and frustration for most African governments was reinforced again and again. During the eight year presidency of Lula de Silva, infrastructure was implemented in most of Brazil. The poorer classes were given […]
Return to Cameroon 2011
by lois pierris on February 28, 2011 in cameroon
Concealing three computers in my small carryon luggage, I expected to have problems when I reached my final destination, Cameroon. Instead before I even boarded the plane in Seattle, the woman at the United counter threatened to send my suitcase through as luggage if it didn’t comply to size regulation. After repacking, stuffing my shoulder bag […]
The Mexican Saga continues
by lois pierris on December 27, 2010 in mexico
Southern Mexico November 2010 The noise of the chain saw destroyed the silence of a beautiful sunny morning and finally became so abusive, I went out to the patio to see what was going on. I assumed the bomberos (firemen) were cleaning up the branches we had cut down yesterday and failed to remove. Instead […]