Cameroon Recap - Part 3: Hotel Hilaria
Part III: Hotel Hilaria continued –
Our last night in the hotel we were surprised with seating outside for dinner, and some great shows. Not sure if it was the hotel putting it on, or the PC, but I’m sure the acts were happy to leave with some of our PC pay in tips. First there was a traditional Cameroonian dance group – dressed sort of like a Hawaiian hula, but African style. Three women and a man, who could shake it so fast our mouths fell open. They could honestly shake it SO FAST that their bodies BLURRED before your eyes! Amazing! One girl also shook it so hard her top fell off, but I guess that happens ;)
Then came time for them to pull some unsuspecting spectators up to shake it with them. Haven’t laughed that hard in maybe my whole life. Of course they didn’t choose JUST anyone to dance, but the ones that would make the funniest targets (the computer geek, the older reporter-guy, the shy girl) – and happily for us, they all got really into it – and sat back down to some extended hooting and back patting, but also with our great appreciation for their own sense of humor about themselves ;)
Then came some bongo drummers, that could beat it, (no pun intended) equally as fast. Which did of course lead to us nudging & winking about how they might be in other areas of the evening activities. There was another musical group after that and then some of the drummers stuck around to jam with 2 of the volunteers who had brought their guitars. So as the evening darkened we were soothed by a chorus of “No woman, No cry” ahhhh Bob.
Me and a couple of the girls then spent the rest of the evening speculating about the various budding romances already underway between the volunteers. We actually got the very cynical helper volunteer in on the gossip, and he was so caught up in it, he demanded I go upstairs, wake Chris up and make him tell me who the 5th couple was that I couldn’t remember. Ha! Apparently Cameroon has quite a high ‘success’ rate in terms of getting the single ones married off (either to other volunteers or Cameroonians). However they also have a disproportionately high rate of couple volunteers going home early… Go figure. I’m pretty sure one of the fledgling couples is probably already engaged by this point. So sweet, young love.
Our last night in the hotel we were surprised with seating outside for dinner, and some great shows. Not sure if it was the hotel putting it on, or the PC, but I’m sure the acts were happy to leave with some of our PC pay in tips. First there was a traditional Cameroonian dance group – dressed sort of like a Hawaiian hula, but African style. Three women and a man, who could shake it so fast our mouths fell open. They could honestly shake it SO FAST that their bodies BLURRED before your eyes! Amazing! One girl also shook it so hard her top fell off, but I guess that happens ;)
Then came time for them to pull some unsuspecting spectators up to shake it with them. Haven’t laughed that hard in maybe my whole life. Of course they didn’t choose JUST anyone to dance, but the ones that would make the funniest targets (the computer geek, the older reporter-guy, the shy girl) – and happily for us, they all got really into it – and sat back down to some extended hooting and back patting, but also with our great appreciation for their own sense of humor about themselves ;)
Then came some bongo drummers, that could beat it, (no pun intended) equally as fast. Which did of course lead to us nudging & winking about how they might be in other areas of the evening activities. There was another musical group after that and then some of the drummers stuck around to jam with 2 of the volunteers who had brought their guitars. So as the evening darkened we were soothed by a chorus of “No woman, No cry” ahhhh Bob.
Me and a couple of the girls then spent the rest of the evening speculating about the various budding romances already underway between the volunteers. We actually got the very cynical helper volunteer in on the gossip, and he was so caught up in it, he demanded I go upstairs, wake Chris up and make him tell me who the 5th couple was that I couldn’t remember. Ha! Apparently Cameroon has quite a high ‘success’ rate in terms of getting the single ones married off (either to other volunteers or Cameroonians). However they also have a disproportionately high rate of couple volunteers going home early… Go figure. I’m pretty sure one of the fledgling couples is probably already engaged by this point. So sweet, young love.
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