Yaounde, Cameroon

I bought a watch two days ago from a market stall. It worked, i had a look at it, and it worked so I bought it. By the time i got back to the churchgrounds the watch had given up the ghost. We took it apart and examined it, and we threw it on the grass and smacked it against a table, but just couldnt get it to work. Very short lifespan. So yesterday i took Lena to the clothes market and to solve the problem of having no watch. I got a dude to but in a replacement battery but that didnt help so i gave up and bought an "Adidas" watch for 3 dollars.. And it still worked when i got it back to the truck. I also bought a wallet and 3 boxes of weetbix for the upcoming weeks. So, happy days.We had lunch on the roof of the market overlooking the city; which is pretty modern and easy to get around.

As some people are leaving, we went out for Chinese last night. I had duck curry but it was pretty bland. Spring rolls were good though. The usual suspects went for drinks after. We went to a bar where they had a live band and they encouraged people to get on the stage and sing. So Katey sang "I will survive" in a Lily Allen style while the boys did backing vocals and she sang "My Girl" with Mayumi. After that is a bit of blur but we did lots singing and dancing with the band. When they went for a break we got on the stage and played their instruments; they didnt seem to mind.It was a successful evening's entertainment.

We did a bit of truck clean this morning, mainly cos a few bits of fruit on the truck had large bites out of them. A mouse is probably the culprit but we couldnt see it. After that i went and sat in the small bar watching trashy movies. At one point it was just me and the owner, and he was drinking his beer and i was just drinking water, as it was only midday and i wanted to come out. But i reckon i will be back there this afternoon on the comfy sofas as people come and go. Its been really cruisey here waiting for visas, no work, just sitting around in a nice big garden, or the bar, maybe playing soccer, going to the bakery or playing with the kids who live here.

We are leaving on sunday. There is, apparently, a big soccer match at the stadium and most of the guys are going. I am not too fussed, i would prefer to watch the Premier League on TV, but i guess  will go to be sociable. In march we will be in some less well-travlled parts of the world so not sure how much blogging will be going on....

thats all, back to the sofa and beer for me.