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No, dude, this comment was

Orion — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 02:54:07 +0000

In reply to Well his summation of recent

No, dude, this comment was anonymous and only linked to a "Cameroon news stories" search on Google. Nothing specific. A good amount of my post talked about chronic unemployment and Boko Haram. It's a troll comment meant to derail a blog. It's doubtful the troll even read much of what was posted. This is why blogs are not what they used to be.

Well his summation of recent

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 05:47:02 +0000

In reply to I doubt this person knows

Well his summation of recent Cameroon politics seemed to be accurate from what I followed up on so I think you just walked into one. A number of places in the world have shifted badly the last 3 years. Missing one in Africa is hardly a crime. And the pics were still good. Frankly I liked the juxtaposition of the optimistic writing and the slapdown. As places get easier to travel to, it's a bigger risk in saying anything, but no guts no glory.

I doubt this person knows

Orion — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:31:49 +0000

In reply to It's a danger we all run,

I doubt this person knows anything of it either. It's just an anonymous troller who is looking for problems, like a lot of people these days. This is why blogs have emptied out and no longer have the enthusiasm they did during the 2000s.

It's a danger we all run,

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:36:54 +0000

In reply to I knew the most mundane post

It's a danger we all run, trying to comment on places we know just a sliver, and even that can completely change over 3 years. My knowledge of Cameroon is zilch.

I knew the most mundane post

Orion — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:04:00 +0000

In reply to Ouch.

I knew the most mundane post had to piss someone off. They weren't even really any opinions here.

Have fun with a text free post! Maybe I was also paid for these pictures - they are all really of West Hollywood?!

Ouch.

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:38:28 +0000

In reply to Anyone who really knows what

Ouch.

The CNN article makes clear China only forgave a tiny sliver of aid, for one.

Anyone who really knows what

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:14:18 +0000

In reply to Pictures of Douala, Cameroon

Anyone who really knows what is happening in Cameroon since 2016 would think you were paid by the government of Cameroon to write this article. Please search for news about Cameroon in the internet to get a full picture of the situation in Cameroon. see for example https://www.google.com/search?q=cameroon&rlz=1C1GCEU_deDE855DE855&tbm=nws&ei=1wYVXbe8N8XdwAKuzZKICA&start=10&sa=N&ved=0ahUKEwj3g7C9oYrjAhXFLlAKHa6mBIEQ8NMDCHI&biw=1266&bih=561&dpr=1.5

Oil drives their economy, 40%

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:10:26 +0000

In reply to Sounds about right. Paul Biya

Oil drives their economy, 40%. Having lots of rivers, i.e. source of clean water, helps.
Fertility rate is high but now below 5%. Rural areas still seem quite poor.

Sounds about right. Paul Biya

Orion — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:04:27 +0000

In reply to Fun to see your photos and

Sounds about right. Paul Biya and his family are known to live large in Switzerland. The tribes of Cameroon, like the Bamileke, have a lavish history but there isn't much explanation as to why Cameroon is generally a better place to be than much of Africa. Being a coastal, port country probably helps.

Fun to see your photos and

artappraiser — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 04:31:31 +0000

In reply to Pictures of Douala, Cameroon

Fun to see your photos and descriptions.

Myself, I am only familiar with their mission to the U.N. in Manhattan. While other small African countries might have their missions in like a cheap junky suite of offices in Queens looking not unlike some of those in your photos, and take the subway to the U.N., Cameroon has been in this very valuable upper East Side mansion @ 22 E. 73rd for at least 15 years, and uses the whole building. (It's the one with the flag, behind the parking sign which also happens to give them 2 free non-ticketed diplomat parking spaces right in front.) And the representatives often throw big noisy parties there, with limos pulling up and such....Just reportin' what I know.