5imba 5afari Nigeria to Cameroon. Lad is back home

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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:56 pm

I was so hoping that he would have traveled today and ended up stranded in the park when it is dark. Well, you just can't have everything. Very Happy

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:10 pm

Duezer, look on the bright side. He had to spend another night in a hotel, and his funds are dwindling! Nice work! He'll love the road! And I hope the same female park officail greets him later, after he looks for the camp, and can't find it! Very Happy

Great call, redshoes. Oh, my! Very Happy

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:17 pm

The good Dr. wrote:

Simba, this is an awesome modality! Thank you for letting me help to mangle it.

Fixed his typo. Smile

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:23 pm

Slaphappy is right.

There is no need to rush mugu along, keep him on the road, away from home, wasting his days and his money and getting more and more miserable..... Laughing

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:31 pm

This has gone way better than I expected. Big thanks to everyone who has contributed their time and advise to help me get this far with this safari.

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:33 pm

Deuzer, you have to tell the lad its behind the chimpanzee camp. That'll get him that much further in. The only problem there is it usually ends the bait.

I LOVE a safari...

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:41 pm

dr stephen williams wrote:

That'll get him that much further in. The only problem there is it usually ends the bait.

Its true, and that is the major flaw of the SSC modality.

Unlike some other safari modalities where the treasure can continually move just beyond the mugu's reach, with this modality, there is a definitive end to the rainbow.

Although having said that, there have been some successful add-ons, such as the "guests" being evacuated or expelled from SSC.

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:43 pm

So would the modality be something like this:

- Lad arrived by bus
- Lad finds a taxi
- Lad tells taxi driver that he needs to go to 5imba 5afari camp
- Taxi driver tells that he has no idea where the camp is
- Lad tells to driver that it is after chimpanzee camp
- Taxi driver takes lad as close to chimpanzee camp as possible
- Lad pays taxi driver or taxi driver has to follow lad to chimpanzee camp if lad hasn't enough money
- Lad (and taxi driver) goes to chimpanzee camp by feet
- Lad finds out that he has been f...ed
- If taxi driver followed him, he gets beaten
- ???

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:43 pm

Yes, the arrival at the end of the road and absence of a camp is pretty much a "burn", though a sort of passive aggressive and slightly triumphant one.

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:48 pm

Being incompetent buffoons (as Fanny discovered), it's possible the Simba staff have a lingering mistake in their room literature listing the wrong park name. How are foreign guests supposed to know? Of course that's why the driver doesn't believe there's a camp in there.

It's a long shot, but as long as we're talking about typos...

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:08 pm

Only thing I can suggest if you want to extend the bait is to head him off before he gets to the point where he'll know for sure that the camp doesn't exist, and then send him somewhere else. That's what we did with my SSC Botswana safari - we got the guys all the way to Maun, a tiny dusty village in the middle of nowhere, and then I had SSC call them to tell them that I'd been expelled from SSC for having a gym bag full of money. At that point we were hoping to get the lads to follow me into Zimbabwe (where my character traveled) but they got pissed off and headed back home. But they never did learn for sure that SSC didn't exist.

Can Fanny get into trouble at SSC and get booted? Would she have an opportunity to notify the lad before he gets to the point of learning for sure SSC doesn't exist?

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:21 pm

^ I don't think that it would be possible without making the lad extremely suspicious. He has learned that Fanny is very professional person with good self control and she just can't get in such situation where they would throw her out.

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Are you going to post all the emails in the letters archive, would love to read this all the way through, well done guys Smile

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:32 pm

There is a bus as well that goes to Belabo. Which is safer and quicker. But I didn't think you wanted to give him this option. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:34 pm

Quote:

Are you going to post all the emails in the letters archive

I would love to If I just had time to compile all, this bait has zillions of mails scattered in all my Gmail accounts. I have played at least 12 characters against him and nothing has been properly archived.

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:39 pm

Quote:

But I didn't think you wanted to give him this option

Actually, I didn't even think about it. Doc sent him email instructing to take a bus to Mundemba. I just took a small break when i "asked" directions and copied the instructions he had already received.

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:54 pm

Fanny's final mail for today. She is getting to bed now:

Quote:

Darling,

I am getting ready for bed, it is getting late. I just wanted to wish you Good Night and safe journey tomorrow. I had a talk with Bernie (the manager) and he is so sorry about this whole mess. Tomorrow morning they will give us even better suite than this one is.

Just to amend the instructions to get here: Bernie told that when you arrive to the park's visitor's center by taxi, just ask from the employees there how to get to the Chimpanzee camp. The 5imba camp is right behind that camp. There is a short walk from visitor's center to the Chimpanzee camp and if you can't or don't want to pay the taxi driver, ask him to come with you and Bernie will pay him when you arrive to the camp.

I am so happy now, I finally see you tomorrow and we are going to have wonderful time together. Sleep well my dear and relax, you have a long journey ahead of you.

Kisses,
Fanny

419Eater is my life Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 366

@@Deuzer

Quote:

So would the modality be something like this:
- Lad finds a taxi
. . . .

or .. Lad has been robbed, promises payment at 5imba 5afari. Cabby doesn't get paid. Lad gets arrested. Lad gets accomidation for a week or two courtesy of Cameroon. Evil or Very Mad

@@5imba your up to your usual standards. Twisted Evil

@@redshoes I forgot I could laugh that hard. The lad would have been willing to slither to the camp after the last call.
... animals oh my Laughing

I haven't heard that since my children were 3 Thumbs up

p.

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:10 am

Fanny has not received any mails from him overnight, maybe his money is so low that he can't afford internet?

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 689

Fanny could be evicted for late night drunken sexual activities in the swimming pool (disturbing the camp hippos).... it needs a bit of sauce in the mix! Smile

must go listen to the redshoes phone conversation ...

Trophy Videos · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:43 pm

Since he's still hooked, my best guess is that he is on his way to Mundemba on the bus, and then to the park. He said it was seven hour ride to Mundemba, so don't worry too much yet. You should hear from him in a couple, maybe three hours. Silence is good on a safari. It means he's moving. Very Happy

419Eater is my life Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 366

@@DeuzerFanny has not...
It's a Willie Nelson. On the Road Again Travel day, no internet.
Most Cameroon tours end at the park. Lad is shredded, broke and loveless. After that it will be a bigger adventure getting home.
p.

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:59 pm

From my information, Cameroon has experienced some heavy storms the past day or two, and more is expected tonight.

http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/cameroon/yaounde

You have seen a photo of the Mundemba road, so imagine how happy mugu is going to be after spending at least 7 hours (but probably more) travelling on that, only to find that the pot of gold is still out of his reach.... Very Happy

If you thought he was pissed off in Yaounde, you just wait until he arrives in Mundemba.

When mugu drops off the radar when on safari, its often a very good indicator that he is on the move...... Very Happy

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He's on the move and it will take him longer than expected to arrive.

Can you believe how indifferent he was to Fanny being ill? He didn't even ask where she was. So she could be anywhere. Twisted Evil

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:16 pm

Thanks a lot again redshoes17.

Fanny got very ill last night and she has been moved to hospital in Bafoussam. The email I just sent to 0l0ye should cover the situation quite well.

Quote:

Dearest,

I am so sorry you made your long journey for nothing. I am not at the camp any more, I am sorry that I wasn't able to wait for you as I promised but this is a situation where I simply couldn't keep my promise. Last night I woke up and felt very sick, I had a high fever and very bad diarrhea. I spent some time in the bathroom and hoped that it would go away, but my condition got worse minute by minute. At some point I couldn't stand any more and I woke Bernie up. He organized a doctor immediately and because of my high fever and severe dehydration, the doctor ordered me to be taken to hospital immediately. Bernie arranged an airplane, which flew me into a hospital in the city of Bafoussam.

I have found out that Bafoussam is approximately 200 kilometers north-east from the camp. I am in the hospital under medication and I have never felt this sick before in my life. The medication seems to help a little and I can type now without collapsing over the keyboard. The doctor said that I can not leave the hospital before the fever is down and he didn't give me any hope for leaving before Monday. Therefore, it seems that I am not able to return to the camp.

My luggage was also brought here and the money is safe in my room for now. However, I can't watch it all the time and I am afraid that someone will steal it when I am in bathroom. I still have to spend long periods of time in bathroom, so I feel really uncomfortable for the money.

Darling, I want to apologize that your dream holiday has turned into nightmare but still I hope that we can meet and be together. I also need to get the signing process done so you can enjoy your bequest and can receive what belongs to you. I know that I ask much, but I must ask you to get on the road one more time to meet me in Bafoussam.

I miss you honey,
Fanny

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