Yaoundé's Ancient Banyan Tree & Canoe Adventure | Expat Diary

🌴 Millennium-Old Natural Wonder • 30-meter canopy with aerial roots forming natural curtains • Local legend: Touching specific roots grants ancestral wisdom (tried it - still waiting for the enlightenment) 🛶 Dugout Canoe Debut • Hand-carved redwood canoe - instantly understood the phrase "walking on thin ice" • Boatman's one-legged paddling stunt (my attempt lasted 3 minutes before nearly swimming with fish) 🛣️ Roadside Wonders ✓ Random waterfall - driver called it "nature's car wash" ✓ 200F grilled plantains - sweeter than first love ✓ Goat in wedding dress at church entrance (OnlyInAfrica magic realism) P.S. When the boatman said "don't worry, the crocodiles are napping"... my survival instincts suddenly rebooted. 🐊💦 #ExpatLife #CameroonSurprises #CanoeFail #TreeTherapy