We spent a busy day in town today, running errands, paying bills.  Guy and I left Shiloh at 8:30 a.m. and drug our exhausted bodies back at 3:30 p.m.  It has been years since I went anywhere by myself.  It just isn't safe.  

The city becomes more and more congested with traffic as the years go by.  It used to take 15 - 20 minutes to get into the downtown area.  Now we plan on 45 minutes to an hour..  So on a day like today we spend a good bit of our time in traffic.   

We have a short list of taxi drivers whom we know and trust.  When we need to go anywhere, we just start down the list until we find one who is available.  It is considerably cheaper to hire a taxi at 3.000 F (approximately $6) per hour than to own our own car.  In 25 years we have never owned a car out here in Cameroon.  When we travel outside the city, we take public transportation.  It's not nearly as nice as a private car, but it works.