village visit

I feel like I need to write tonight, since I leave again in the morning for a week and won’t be able to post again until I get back. But I also feel like I need to go finish packing and get ready because I leave at 6am tomorrow. So this will be short, but at least you’ll get an idea of my village visit and a few pictures. The details- a 6 ½ hour bus ride up, 8 hours to take the same bus route home. Nine days in the village- it was supposed to be ten but the bus was sold out when we arrived at the station on Saturday, so we couldn’t leave until Sunday. Watched the process of a chicken running around in a pen to being served for dinner. Spent two nights in the home of a Cameroonian family. Met many queens [wives of the fon (king)] who would alter anyone’s stereotype of royalty. And much more. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves and write again when I return in a week.

packed and ready to head to the bus station

Karen and me eating breakfast (bread and roasted peanuts) on the window sill of our bedroom at our Cameroonian family's home

my bus ride home

more of my bus ride home