Yaoundé (Cameroon)

General Electric · #1 Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 11:55 AM**

Yaoundé 2010 (all picture by me):

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr

Yaoundé

Yaoundé, lézard Mont-Fébé

Yaoundé, Mont-Fébé lézard

Yaoundé, depuis le Mont Fébé. Tout à gauche la maison du dictateur-président Paul Biya.

Yaoundé, vue depuis le Mont-Fébé

Yaoundé, Restaurant "La Maison Blanche"

Yaoundé, papayier

Yaoundé

Yaoundé, marché

Yaoundé, ministères

Yaoundé, ministère

Yaoundé

Yaoundé, cathédrale Notre Dame de la Victoire

Yaoundé, artisan sculpteur de bois

Yaoundé

Yaoundé, commerce

Yaoundé

Yaoundé, terrain de foot

Yaoundé

Yaoundé, marchands de meuble

Yaoundé

Artiste

Ecole

Route

Maison

Arbre géant

Insecte coloré

Maison

Route dans la forêt

Culture d'ananas dans la forêt

Village

Panneau

ColDayMan · #2 Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 2:14 PM**

Thanks for the look inside Yaoundé.

BnaBreaker · #3 Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 6:38 PM**

Thanks for the thread! Fascinating stuff. Sadly, I have only heard about Yaounde because back in the day during my brief SSP diagram drawing spree, I drew this Maroon highrise in the center background in this photo. haha

circle33 · #4 Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 6:45 PM**

Cool. Pretty typical, but I love Africa.

mousquet · #5 Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 8:00 PM**

The great point about this, it has nothing to lose. It can only grow.

Kingofthehill · #6 Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 9:05 PM**

i swear, those grand, brutalist-sahelian monumental ministry buildings that you see much in that part of the world, are going to be the envy of architecture preservationists come 10-20 years. thanks for the whirlwind tour of a place we almost never see..well, that we never see!

Centropolis · #7 Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 11:48 PM**

Thank you for the photos!

Nicko999 · #8 Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 2:20 AM**

Wow, thanks for the pictures... I've only been to Africa only once but I definately have to go back.

Okayyou · #9 Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 3:44 AM**

cool, I had no idea what this place looked like. Thanks for the shots

carloito56 · #10 Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 4:45 AM**

Sadly, after seeing your pics I know I would never want to see Africa...EVER

Chef · #11 Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 4:50 AM**

Interesting pics of a place I have never seen before. I think I would rather live in Yaoundé than Norilsk.

Máté · #12 Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 9:21 AM**

Do you know who is Eto'o? He is Salamon Eto'o, born in Cameron and he is te highest paid soccer star in Europe. His annual salary is 7.5 million Euro.

-AX- · #13 Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 10:43 AM**

Fascinating Stuff! I want to go there!

General Electric · #14 Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 2:14 PM**

Some advice to people interested in a trip to Cameroon. Obviously I would recommend this trip, but you must be prepared for such countries. There are serious diseases, corruption is an institution (the police racket tourists and local population at roadside checks, it costs money to leave the country at the airport... two examples among others), the country is absolutely not safe for foreigners outside the (rare) tourist resorts. In short, be prepared well in advance, arrange everything in advance with trustworthy people. Never forget that you are in a country under dictatorship, the rules of the game is one man who fixed them.

Boroda · #15 Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 2:22 PM**

Amazing!
I wanna go there too!