We are used to taking everything that makes our life easier for granted, until you're living somewhere where even the basic things are difficult to find.  Here we can't buy basic cleaning products- mops, brooms, even personal hygiene products, yet everyone can be seen with a mobile phone in their hand. We left our shower gel and shampoo at home and can only get a bar of multi-use soap here that's used  for everything from washing the dishes to washing yourself.
You have to go to a big city to get something specific or give the errand to someone who's going.  Now we know why we did the 8 hours bus journey form Douala holding onto a broom, for another volunteer in Belo.

My friend Sergio said we shouldn't just write the good things.  So, we would love to have a 5l bottle of bleach to thoroughly clean the house. We would love to eat some cheese, and dunk a chunk of bread in a fried egg, and here there is no cheese nor bread.  And of course, a COLD beer.

It would be nice if there weren't man-eating spiders at home.  I wouldn't mind if they were just big, but they're big andd they move really fast (... and if you saw the lizard that Dan found in the suitcase...).