An extraordinary week in Cape Town. It's mid-winter but the temps have exceeded 20 degrees every day. Last Sunday it was 27 and there was a crush on the beaches as people poured out of their homes. This morning there was a light nor' wester and a decent swell at Muizies. I got out there at about 0830 and caught many waves over about two hours. Water temp was about 16, fine with a wetsuit and the sun shining full on. Also during the week the Cameroon government placed a full-page ad in the London Financial Times encouraging investment in its economy. There appear to be many projects on the go with China seemingly very much involved. Hu Jintao visited Cameroon a couple of years back. There's a big highway project linking the cities, power and mining etc. A picture of none other than Paul Biya, president since 1982, featured in the ad. No sign of him leaving anytime soon! The QSL is from Radio Yaounde, heard in London in 1996. I'd tried for many years to QSL this and other Cameroon stations. To get this one I went round to the Cameroon embassy in Holland Park, near where we lived. I played some of the staff a recording I'd made of R Yaounde and begged them to contact the station on my behalf. They obliged and a couple of months later I got this official QSL card. Persistence!
Sunday 17 July 2011
Cape to Cameroon
An extraordinary week in Cape Town. It's mid-winter but the temps have exceeded 20 degrees every day. Last Sunday it was 27 and there was a crush on the beaches as people poured out of their homes. This morning there was a light nor' wester and a decent swell at Muizies. I got out there at about 0830 and caught many waves over about two hours. Water temp was about 16, fine with a wetsuit and the sun shining full on. Also during the week the Cameroon government placed a full-page ad in the London Financial Times encouraging investment in its economy. There appear to be many projects on the go with China seemingly very much involved. Hu Jintao visited Cameroon a couple of years back. There's a big highway project linking the cities, power and mining etc. A picture of none other than Paul Biya, president since 1982, featured in the ad. No sign of him leaving anytime soon! The QSL is from Radio Yaounde, heard in London in 1996. I'd tried for many years to QSL this and other Cameroon stations. To get this one I went round to the Cameroon embassy in Holland Park, near where we lived. I played some of the staff a recording I'd made of R Yaounde and begged them to contact the station on my behalf. They obliged and a couple of months later I got this official QSL card. Persistence!
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