Saturday. Last night we made plans to get up early and be at to Cicam, the African fabrics store when they opened at 8 am, and then go to Limbe for the day. However, as happens so often, the day didn’t unfold this way. Raphael needed to go to his palm oil tree plantation in Compina, and none of us relished another long day in the car, so we stayed in town.
--We arrived at Cicam mid-morning, easily found too many things we really liked, and made our purchases – Carol and Sam found prints for shirts and a dress, and I left the store with a heavy bag containing 10 6-yard lengths of bright patterns. I’m in hopes that Ruth’s seamstress, Marisol, will be available to make a couple of traditional Cameroonian dresses for me, and the rest of my treasure will have to wait till we’re home in Arizona, and then I’ll have a great time with it.
--The rest of the day was slow and easy. The Titi’s internet service has been down for a week, so we walked to a neighborhood internet café where we caught up with and responded to e-mails, checked our bank balances, and I posted blog entries for the past week. We visited, napped, watched CNN news, and had a very pleasant day.
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