Exploring Cameroon's Hidden Gems / Chefferie, Market & Street Food
for the next few days we are heading to the western part of Cameroon to explore bafoussam and petpenoun but first let's go pick our guide Ashil [Music] so we just arrived to mechan it is a small town between yaounde and ba batoufam and we're going to get some [Music] food this is just like plantain that's like on the charcoal this is like a prune it's called safu apparently you get a little bit of that just want to taste it on its own first its nice much sweeter than the plantain but the key now is to mix both together it's so hot this is good though watch out it's [Music] hot that's really good back on the [Music] road so we just made it to the western region of uh Cameroon and our first stop is here in batoufam now bear with me I'm getting all the information in French and some words don't really translate but I'll do my best to give you the information in English um so we just arrived at laer Superior the batoufam is basically where the chief of the community it's actually a kingdom uh lives and it's like where all the political stuff is happening it is very nice very colorful very different than like other things that we've seen in Africa so I'm excited to be here and let's see what the kingdom of batoufam is all about [Music] so here is the sculpting workshop and nothing is done um by The Artisan for no reason everything has a reason every morning the king comes in and tells him a part of his story and this is what inspired basically the artist to make all of these sculpture and everything is done by hand even the colors are coming from the ground from different leaves it is [Music] fascinating so here is the traditional Palace and in front of it is a throne that only the woman can sit in so you might have noticed that the doors are extremely small and it's actually for two reason first it's a military Advantage when there's enemies uh within the walls uh of the Kingdom they would have to like basically lean down which is a weak position and somebody would be on the other the other side of the door ready to uh you know and the other reason is actually it kind of forces you to bow to pay respect to the king of the [Applause] [Music] [Music] place that was an she was great but she only speaks French so she was every time she was done explaining something she would look at me like now you need to translate the TR she was keeping very accountable she was keeping me in check so one last fun fact about this place basically on each side of the palace there's like little houses where all the wives of the king are living when I ask an how many wives does he have uh at once she was like so many I don't even want to give you an estimate but the interesting part is that he doesn't have to deal with any drama see if you might think that like women can be complicated no offense to anyone he doesn't deal with that he has a godmother basically on each side that takes care of any issue that the women's are having so he can focus his on his people so that was super interesting I always love learning about more of their culture and everything like that but now let's go eat at a super authentic spot so we were invited by a local cameroonian Mama this is our official title and she's going to cook us an authentic meal let's see if they're like the Canadian grandmother basically where they're like you know just eat a little bit more just so nice people like I'm very excited to be here let's see what's for lunch and let's go meet her the holidays are coming so it's the perfect time to think today's sponsor the ridge because all I want for Christmas The Ridge wallet you guys know how much much I love these wallets because I talk about them all the time but legit in real life I always have one in my pocket because it's so small but still can carry up to 12 cars has RFID blocking technology and the quality is so good that Ridge is providing you with a lifetime warranty this is how certain they are about the quality of their product something you 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yellow sauce this is pretty much all we know right now um but it smells so good [Music] [Music] okay so this Dar is really probably closer to mashed potatoes I was would say the way they were making it kind of looked like ugali but definitely more texture in mash potatoes it's really good we all did a good effort but we're pretty full grandma style of course portions are way too big but so delicious okay there's a new plan me and a we're going to carry on with the tour of the west but Tracy's going to stay here and learn how to cook authentic Cameroon meals with Mama there so new mer the food was fantastic but mama she was the highlight she just welcomed you with open arms she wanted to teach me how to cook all the food and everything definitely like that GR mother personality I love it so we just arrived at Nonena Ranch for the night we're going to spend the night here stunning view great location to get into um and here they have some [Music] horses [Music] time for a camera change because we're going on some horses you look great with your hat thank you it's a great hat he okay how's the test drive Tracy so far so good Tracy is on rapid the fastest horse in Cameroon is that true yeah right and this is Don Cameo a white albinos [Applause] horse it's like I've done this many times this is like the third time ever exactly I was [Music] like [Music] [Music] the view is incredible and finally even though it was very cloudy now the sun is popping out it is beautiful we made it to the top of a mountain and it is a beautiful view behind me here you see obviously over the mountain and on the other side you see the ranch where we're [Music] staying you what people say time to get back on the horse well this time it's true literally [Music] [Music] going downhill a lot we'll make it we'll make it you got it buddy I believe in you this is definitely a little bit more advanced horseback riding right cuz we're going like Offroad with the horses it's beautiful though but I'm like I'm semi confident cuz I've done this like three times but we're going to do it as part of the adventure and I'm all about it thanks for your right buddy great work these ducks are crazy back home I think you right here bu so now that we're back from our horse back ride as David likes to call it horsing it's not a word it's a word it's not a word um we're in our little cottage for the night so we have a queen queen size bed there looks really comfy we even have some seating areas we have a little desk cute lights but this is the star so oh you can actually still see it we have a little balcony here and that's the mountain right up of that Peak is where we rode the horses to maybe it was that one that [Music] one that one that one [Music] yeah Pro tip when you come horseback riding here in Cameroon there's a few plant with torns and you should definitely bring pens they told me I should really put pens and I was like no no it's fine I didn't bring pants my bad so I went and short so Tracy is on my leg uh removing the little corns maybe long sleeves too Adventure let's go for supper it's pouring out so for supper tonight we have some rice and beef it looks like a beef stew it smells really good and some pineapple for dessert so that is the end of the day but it starts again tomorrow bright and early for some more Adventure in Western Cameron I'm having a lot of want to see something super cool if you don't want to go up the mountain on horses for X reason well you can do it on one of those Jeeps pretty cool we slept fantastic but I wanted to tell you a little bit more about here they even have different configurations of rooms they even have like little Cottages that are like two three bedroom so you can definitely find something that works for you or your group that is coming so we're going to put their information Down Below in case you want to check them out now now let's get some [Music] breakfast not sure what's going on [Music] here time to carry on with our adventure [Music] so often in different cultures um natural landmarks like this are actually sacred places and people come here to pray and kind of like purify themselves and there was actually like people singing to the waterfall making offerings so yeah very interesting couldn't talk down there CU waterfall is very loud it's a lot of water so we just arrived at the palace of Sultan Nabil in funan this is basically the equivalent of what we saw yesterday like the chefery but for this region here but it looks so much different and just wait until you see the museum like it's quite a structure it just started to rain [Music] sadly it is not allowed to film inside but still we learned a lot about like the people from here since the 1300 and like the throne room basically that is no longer in use except for like official purposes only is really really impressive otherwise the museum behind me it's hard to see but it's basically a massive spider and a snake with two heads the snake means represent basically like the power and uh the spider uh the work and it's not open yet it's going to be like the new Museum but like the building itself is quite impressive I'm going to walk around town a little bit and if you think the rain is going to stop us you're off so we were actually at a metal workshop and the way that it works is they take like the clay material and they mold it so from there they put the wax over top and that's when they can put in like the little intricate decorations and put more detail into it and then over top of the wax they put another layer of that clay bake it so that the wax then drips out melt the metal pour the metal inside break the clay off of it and then you have your figurine shape whatever it is so in here we see a lot of the finished product this one's pretty cool too nice guys they just you know always want like a lot of money I already gave them a lot but you know I just want to buy something from the place we [Music] visited [Music] now we just made it to the local market and I love these place they're just like the hustle and bustle is super Alive food everywhere and apart from food a little bit of everything you can imagine from like Toys to clothing to drinks to cars getting mad at me when I cross the street I love it the mama there is like you're so beautiful you're so beautiful I'm like w thank you there's definitely a lot going on [Music] here lots of happy people around here I like it we came to this restaurant that actually doesn't have a sign but they wanted us to eat a very specific cameroonian uh dish which they don't have but apparently there's another restaurant down the road so we'll see while walking around here you have to be hyper aware cuz otherwise you're going to get hit by a motorcycle [Music] okay take two for the local dish let's see what they have here for lunch we have injap which is basically like some vegetable green vegetable with some pistachio I have the beef version she has the chicken and then we got a lot of corn couscous which is prr good that sauce is so [Music] good Tracy how did you find a meal that was so good that sauce was like the best yeah probably the best meal we've had in Cameroon so far plus like it is super affordable in local restaurant like that like 8,900 for four people with drinks and everything like I mean can't be wrong good deal telling you like crossing the Street here without getting hit is kind of an art so after about an hour and a half of driving we have just arrived at our Resort in petpenoun and the entrance so far it looks stunning I cannot wait to show you around so first of all a massive thank you to The Gourmet discovery that was such a good tour it is not done okay we thought that like the western part of Cameroon would be one video but there's just we're doing too many things so we're going to cut that there cuz you guys watched us already for too long so make sure to subscribe to check out the next video but yeah basically like that company makes very like tailored Adventures true adventurers This Is Not For Tourists it's for adventurers okay so that is exactly what I was going to say because we had specific things in mind that we wanted to do so my understanding is you were just texting with them and you're like hey this is exactly what I want to do I want to see markets I want to see street food but I also want to do culture stuff and everything so like that was like the perfect one so we'll put all their information down below so it is time for us to go get some Rest because we had a good day today a very busy day and we have a busier day tomorrow so until next time see you guys in the next one
2023-12-09 03:34
