The first sound is often a taxi horn and a driver calling the next stop, then a cheerful "How na?" in Pidgin. Soon drizzle ticks on tin roofs, and somewhere above the clouds sits Mount Cameroon, the volcano the whole town leans against.
Past the student cafés of Molyko, the upper town keeps the Bismarck Fountain and a German governor's palace, while the road to Tole runs through bright green tea. The air stays cool and very wet, with fog in the rainy months and clearer days from November to March. A Local Friend opens doors you might never knock on, from a family table in Buea Town to a quiet path toward the mountain forest.
