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Africa is a place of longing and as such surely addictive. After a memorable journey through Mali we then made Cameroon the center of our interest. This country does unite all the landscapes to be found in Africa. Deserts, mountains, prairie, savanna, grassland, rainforest and coastline. Furthermore, it is home to countless ethnic groups who are as different as the swaths of land in which they live.

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Maga – Snoring bats and a lake of full hippos

The Magalake – an artificially dammed sea – is normally a welcomed refreshment for the people living in the region. However, due to an overflow which occurred last summer, some of the fishing villages have been destroyed. They‘re currently being rebuilt in other places. But an integral piece of every day life on the lake has been lost. We only get to meet one family who, during the dry period, still live on one of the small islands.

We still want to see the hippo families, so we board one of the pirogues. The little ones already open their mouths in the most photogenic manner.

Grunting and snoring awake us. It is the middle of the night. I open the door and take a look outside. There is nothing to be seen. The next evening I see giant bats exiting from a small hole in the roof. When they return during the night they can, from time to time, unintentionally hit the air-conditioner, or they fight for the best spots to rest, falling into a good night`s sleep. Snoring inclusive.

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