Comments on: Journey to Work http://www.27months.com/2008/11/journey-to-work/ Cameroon from a technologist's point of view Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Banyangigirl http://www.27months.com/2008/11/journey-to-work/comment-page-1/#comment-10089 Banyangigirl Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:51:51 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=435#comment-10089 phew! finally I can let out the breath I was holding! Im suprised u hvnt gotten run over, pushed into those horrendous gutters! my greatest fear in Cameroon, is falling into one of those haha,I remeber suffering many a fall in my kiddo days true story. Infact just recently I would have take a painful trip down memory lane..if not for a really kind guy who warned me!..talk about mortification! I'm sure the entire molyko population would have had a blast though :D nice video, makes me wanna come back to buea phew! finally I can let out the breath I was holding! Im suprised u hvnt gotten run over, pushed into those horrendous gutters! my greatest fear in Cameroon, is falling into one of those haha,I remeber suffering many a fall in my kiddo days true story. Infact just recently I would have take a painful trip down memory lane..if not for a really kind guy who warned me!..talk about mortification! I’m sure the entire molyko population would have had a blast though :D nice video, makes me wanna come back to buea ]]> By: billz http://www.27months.com/2008/11/journey-to-work/comment-page-1/#comment-5908 billz Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:13:32 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=435#comment-5908 @Dibo, thanks for the comment, even if seeing Buea brought back some mixed memories for you. I noticed on your blog "IT from a female view" that you're a Cameroonian woman engaged in IT. That's great! I'm heading over to post a comment now... :) @Dibo, thanks for the comment, even if seeing Buea brought back some mixed memories for you.

I noticed on your blog “IT from a female view” that you’re a Cameroonian woman engaged in IT. That’s great! I’m heading over to post a comment now… :)

]]> By: Dibo http://www.27months.com/2008/11/journey-to-work/comment-page-1/#comment-5888 Dibo Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:11:06 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=435#comment-5888 OMG...I am from Buea, and this brought back some good(and not so good) memories. Especially the Bongo square junction part...I spent many years idling on that road.... OMG…I am from Buea, and this brought back some good(and not so good) memories. Especially the Bongo square junction part…I spent many years idling on that road…. ]]> By: billz http://www.27months.com/2008/11/journey-to-work/comment-page-1/#comment-5656 billz Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:44:42 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=435#comment-5656 @BamendaBabe, it's tough to get inspired for winter riding, so don't feel guilty about leaving your bike indoors. The sad fact is I spend more time taking taxis in Buea than on the bike during the wet season, but I try to make up for it Oct-May/June. I couldn't quite make out what the taxi guy said as I passed him. Most of my attention is focused on the road while I'm riding. I get enough attention from others being one of a handful of white men in Buea- even more so when I'm on the bike. Cameroonian men can't figure out why a white guy would choose a bike over a car or moto, so I get my fair share of shouts and hisses from the road. It's nice to be oblivious to this for 5 minutes out of every day. ;) @BamendaBabe, it’s tough to get inspired for winter riding, so don’t feel guilty about leaving your bike indoors. The sad fact is I spend more time taking taxis in Buea than on the bike during the wet season, but I try to make up for it Oct-May/June.

I couldn’t quite make out what the taxi guy said as I passed him. Most of my attention is focused on the road while I’m riding. I get enough attention from others being one of a handful of white men in Buea- even more so when I’m on the bike. Cameroonian men can’t figure out why a white guy would choose a bike over a car or moto, so I get my fair share of shouts and hisses from the road. It’s nice to be oblivious to this for 5 minutes out of every day. ;)

]]> By: BamendaBabe http://www.27months.com/2008/11/journey-to-work/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 BamendaBabe Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:22:30 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=435#comment-5567 Wow. Makes me think about my carbon footprint. Maybe I should air up the tires of my bike I got for $40 on Craigslist earlier this year. Haven't ridden it since the summer. I am a good walker—possibly a decent hiker—but not much of a cyclist. Biking, for me, is like jogging: something I really, really want to do but my legs refuse to. Full stop. In the summer, I rode my bike simply to get to the place where I could take a nice walk near the river. As for jogging, the last time I did any was on election day when my legs refused to walk and only wanted to run, run, run to the polls. That day I really surprised myself. I jogged to the mailbox. Jogged from my car to my class. Even jogged around our apartment. There was no walking that day, not until the results were announced. :) In your “Journey to Work” video, a taxi driver calls out something. Is he speaking to you as you zip by? Thanks for this view of the Buea Highway. It is gorgeous. I remember that it wasn't always this thing of beauty. If I remember correctly, throughout the 1990s there was a stretch of it, after Soppo and through a totally grassy Molyko to Mile 17, that used to make cars rock dangerously from side to side, some wheels perched on the tar and some bouncing through holes and gullies. There was an unrecognizable tarred sliver of road in the middle, bordered by craters where the tarmac had been eaten away, no doubt by gushing streams of rainwater. I hope the young and fresh Buea Highway will stay so sweet, just for you to enjoy it! Wishing you much fun cruising on the streets of a dry-season Buea. Happy Thanksgiving! Wow. Makes me think about my carbon footprint. Maybe I should air up the tires of my bike I got for $40 on Craigslist earlier this year. Haven’t ridden it since the summer. I am a good walker—possibly a decent hiker—but not much of a cyclist. Biking, for me, is like jogging: something I really, really want to do but my legs refuse to. Full stop. In the summer, I rode my bike simply to get to the place where I could take a nice walk near the river. As for jogging, the last time I did any was on election day when my legs refused to walk and only wanted to run, run, run to the polls. That day I really surprised myself. I jogged to the mailbox. Jogged from my car to my class. Even jogged around our apartment. There was no walking that day, not until the results were announced. :)

In your “Journey to Work” video, a taxi driver calls out something. Is he speaking to you as you zip by? Thanks for this view of the Buea Highway. It is gorgeous. I remember that it wasn’t always this thing of beauty. If I remember correctly, throughout the 1990s there was a stretch of it, after Soppo and through a totally grassy Molyko to Mile 17, that used to make cars rock dangerously from side to side, some wheels perched on the tar and some bouncing through holes and gullies. There was an unrecognizable tarred sliver of road in the middle, bordered by craters where the tarmac had been eaten away, no doubt by gushing streams of rainwater. I hope the young and fresh Buea Highway will stay so sweet, just for you to enjoy it! Wishing you much fun cruising on the streets of a dry-season Buea. Happy Thanksgiving!

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