We took a short trip into town on Saturday. The ship provides a shuttle that goes to the local market, Marche des fleurs. (Flower market) There were six of us on the shuttle, and we were so fortunate to have someone from French speaking Switzerland to show the rest of us around. There are many stalls selling African crafts. I heard a lot of "Mercy Ships! petit prix!" (small price!) Our Swiss friend gave us a few tips, and introduced us his favorite vendor, a woman who lets you look around in relative calm. One of our group was a woman from Germany who was leaving that night. She had money that wasn't going to be changed back into euros. I'm so thankful that our whole group stayed together.
The shuttle then goes to a very modern supermarket. You would think you were in Wegmans! There is also a very French bakery there.
More typically, the streets around us in Douala look like this:
The streets are really crazy. There's lots of traffic, and lots of motorbikes. We hear that it's illegal to have more than two people on a motorbike, but it's probably also illegal to ignore traffic lights!
But sometimes there is beauty in unexpected places.
Debbie
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