Saturday November 22nd 2003
I’m off to Yaoundé to do an organizational development workshop for VSO. I am facilitating, along with Anneke, a Dutch woman I haven’t met yet, but who works as something half way between a volunteer and a program officer. I cought a ride with Wynette (one of the residents of Santa Barbara in Yaoundé), who had been in town for about a week studying the forestry process. The car was crowded, but the ride was relatively easy. Nice 4X4 pickup, we made it in.. 7 hours? 8 hours? Whatever it was, it was pretty painless. As we headed out of the dense forest, and into an area where it hadn’t rained in a while, I got a glimpse of what the dry season is going to be like. The plants on either side of the road were red… completely covered in dust. As the Grumiers barrel by, the kick up a ton of dust, which settles on the plants. It is a bizzare looking landscape. Like creepy red tentacles reaching for the cars that pass by.. trying to infect them with the same disease that is killing them…
Posted by mrsclean at January 4, 2004 04:45 AM