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See the World for Free

The idea here is to TRAVEL THE WORLD regardless of time or budget. It dawned on me one day that even if I had unlimited time and money (which I definitley do not), I still couldn't see everything in the world that I'd like to see--I'm simply not going to live long enough to do it.

But I had a bit of brain wave and soon after the travel envelope was born. This is an actual physical envelope. I typed the name of every country in the world, plus every state in the US on little slips of paper which I then put into the envelope. In the beginning we (myself, my husband, Dave and daugher Catherine) would draw out a slip at random at the beginning of the month and that's where we would go---at least in our minds. We grab some books about the country from the library and put them in our bathroom to look at. We also check out some videos about the country if any. We check it out on googleearth, listen to the music, try the food, maybe even attempt to learn a dance or celebrate a festival.

After the first two years we discovered that even virtual traveling can be tiring, so we travel now whenever I happen to be in the mood.

It's great fun. I especially love it when people I meet have been to the place I'm "visiting" in real life, or get excited and have some virtual adventures of their own. I hope that anyone who comes across this blog will feel welcome to come with us on the trip!



You have a standing reservation to see it all!

Apr 24, 2012

Buea

Prejudice dies hard. Someone on the internet recommended the town of Buea as a good stop in Camaroon. It's the highest village on Mt. Camaroon and will be the first to be wiped out if the volcano blows.  It sounded appealing to me because it is higher--and so cooler than lower towns. Also, it has some German influence.  Still, this is Africa--so when the article posted the picture below which is of a street cafe near Limbe which is on the way to Buea, I was comfortable.  This is what Africa looks like in my mind.


Below is a picture of the University of Buea.



Isn't that gorgeous? Shame on me for assuming that every place in Africa that I haven't heard of (which is most) is run down and dirty looking. I will try to do better. 


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