Car ride

The four of us packed into our car, Trixie, and headed out. Maurice was wearing his uniform so we wouldn't get hassled if there were any police road blocks. We only saw one or two the whole ride. It is hard to tell because there are so many uniforms here and some people aren't actually real police, they just want the bribe. At one of the toll places there was what seemed to be an explosion and people were all running in the direction of a huge flame. We just kept going as we weren't sure if the whole area would start on fire. When we finally got to Kribi we drove around trying to find a decent hotel. We decided against the Hotel de la Ocean(small prison-like rooms with a distinct odor of mildew, no windows, and questionable sheets) and went with the Le Cr....x Blue(it meant The Blue Meeting Place in French). It was right on the ocean and we got a second story room to enjoy the view. Maurice, the master haggler got us the room for $10,000 cfa a night, about $20. This meant that there was a bed, mosquito netting, a toilet, sink, and shower. Our room had a fan, no AC. These pictures are the view we had from our veranda on the second story, it had a restaurant, courtyard and bar area. You see Peter and Maurice unloading our stuff from the car.