Bafia
Well, I am finally here. I have been out of Oregon for almost three weeks now. After I met my fellow Peace Corps trainees in Philly, we headed to Cameroon. We few out of Philly to Brussels then to Yaounde, Cameroon.
We arrived friday the 4th and spend the weekend in the city of Yaounde. On tuesday we left Yaounde and headed to Bafia where we met our host families, which means we have been living here in Bafia for two weeks. It is quite a change, of course. I was pretty lucky to be placed in the house that I was. They have many modern amenities: electricity, running water, satellite TV, internet, refrigerator. But no matter, it is still quite a change. For example, although we do have “running water”, it hardly ever runs. I am pretty sure have I have made up for all of the long showers that I have taken. Have have taken two “real” showers the entire time I have been here in Bafia (“real” = no hot water and pretty much just drips from the shower head); the rest of my showers have constisted of a bucket and a cup (thats less than 4 gallons of water per shower!).
I am having a great time.
Here is my host family. The father- Joseph, the mother- Cesarine, oldest- Joli, second oldest- Venni, oldest boy- Privat, second oldest boy- Mike, youngest boy- Jeff, youngest- Menino. (I have know idea how to spell their names)
host fam
Our language classes are very small. There are three of us and our instructor, Aicha.
Aicha
From left to right: Emily, me, Lindsey.
french class
There is a lot of good fruit here!!
These are called “prunes” but they are definitely not plums. They sort of taste like artichoke.
prune?
The mango season just ended and what is left is very expensive.
Money is very funny here. There are about 500 CFA to one US dollar. But it is very weird because people never seem to have change, which makes the smaller bill almost worth more. If you have a big bill it's almost unusable.
Well it looks like I have written too many words. I will at some more pictures below.
If you would like to send me something!
Ryan Yoder
U.S. Peace Corps- Corps de la Paix
BP 215, Yaounde
Cameroon
Or call me
country code (011) area code (237) number 76 29 61 21
Je pense que mon français améliore, mais petit à petit. En vivant avec une famille, j'apprends beaucoup de mot pour les enfant. "Laisse !" "Ne touches pas" "Laisse RI-ah (Ryan) tranquille" "Quittes!" "Qu'est-ce qu'on dit ?" Ça, c'est très drôle. Mais je ne peux pas encore comprendre ma mère. à plus !
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I'm not so good at these
I'm not so good at these public comments - however, I just want to let you know I'm enjoying your photos and want to say thanks for sharing your adventure. Enjoy,
LYA
my favorite picture is of the
my favorite picture is of the two brothers with the goofy expressions. I keep coming back to it and smiling. looks like you're tan and happy. please wear sunscreen. do they have sunscreen? should I send a powder form (cause liquid is a no-no)? miss you. will skype you at 1am for a gosh darn .27 cents a minute. oh and today I went to powell's and sushi land, our regular routine. that really made me miss you.
Salut!
Salut Ryan,
C'est super de voir tes photos et de lire ton experience. :) Je suis contente pour toi, et ta famille m'a l'air super gentille!
Cet été, il y a au moins 3 étudiants dans les cours de première année qui apprennent le français pour pouvoir entrer dans le Peace Corps en Afrique! Je leur ai parlé de toi.
Bonne continuation,
Elaine :)
PS - Café-Rencontres reprendra lundi prochain. Tu nous manqueras beaucoup!
You've Arrived
I'm so happy that you have arrived safely and get to have dribble showers. I am so super excited about you giving out your address too. I keep thinking about sending you letters, but I didn't want to start a whole bunch and they be a month old. Now I can write to my heart's content- or until my hand falls off, which ever comes first. The pictures look fabulous and your family seems welcoming. I look forward to more posts and you should be looking forward to my letters!
~Harpola
ta mere
I know what your Bafia mother is telling you, she is telling you to "Pick up your dirty socks and clean your room!"
I think you are pretending you do not understand her.
ma
Hey Ryan! I was just thinking
Hey Ryan!
I was just thinking how to send you a message and wow I found your blog. Thanks for the postcard cybermessage...nerdily amusing! Anyhow, don't worry about me, I'm getting along ok now, troubleshooting things as they come. Just came back from the MSA (Mycological Society of America) meetings in Lexington, Kentucky and before that 2 weeks in vacation in Greece...it's kind of hard being back in the U.S., that means I have to go back to work tomorrow...as you can see I'm procrastinating -:). Anyhow, glad you made it safely and are having a great time...I'm sure everyone from the lab says hello although I think we are now scattered between here and Japan (no kidding)!
Kathryn