Day 158: Banyo

Of course, people opened our room door twice during the night – but we assume they were drunk rather than with malicious intent. Here, as in Nigeria, alcohol is consumed lavishly and we have the impression that for some Muslims the protection of a hotel serves as an opportunity to drink.

Otherwise we slept more or less well in the room – the courtyard here is too sloping to sleep in the car. 

The hotel's money changer stops by for breakfast and we deal for a long time until we get rid of another 300 old dollars in small bills and get a good enough rate for 200 euros – the euros are in demand and that's the only way to get the "bundle"-Business.

And then we clean the car. At least the camping cabin and the driver's cabin inside. On the outside only where necessary so that it doesn't immediately get dirty again when opened. We already had enough of this fine and stubborn clay dust in Guinea.

Pants and T-shirts are so dirty that we leave the hard work to the hotel employee or his washing machine. Hopefully they can clean it somehow. And the sneakers also get a cleaning. Afterwards we are completely exhausted and retreat into the shadows.

Route planning. We know little about Cameroon. German tour operators are currently hardly offering any trips for safety reasons. And according to the German Foreign Office you shouldn't even be traveling in Nigeria or Cameroon. 

Yesterday at the border we asked whether the route to Mount Cameron was safe. It is. And since many overlanders have already driven there before us and two Austrians and Swiss are currently heading in that direction, we will follow them.