to LP!
I would like to report my negative experiences with the Thorntree here.
About a week ago I posted something there about my extremely negative experiences with the Cameroon embassy in Berlin regarding my visa application in order to warn other travellers about this. When I revisited the Thorntree, I found out that my post had been removed by LP, I did not receive any notification from LP why my post had been removed. From this I can only conclude that the information on TT is highly unreliable as I am sure there are many other instances when posts have been removed.
I went to the Cameroon embassy in Berlin 3 times and they lied to me each time I went there. On my first visit they told me I need a return flight and a hotel reservation for 1 night in order to get a visa, when I came back with this they demanded a hotel reservation for 3 nights, when I came back with this they demanded a hotel reservation for the whole of my stay in Cameroon in every single town. It was quite clear to me at this point that they were just trying to annoy me and that they would have thought of something else if I had indeed brought such reservations. I should also add that on top of the travel time I waited around 1 hour each time I went to the embassy because the staff there spend most of their time not working.
So my advice to all travellers is: Avoid the embassy of Cameroon in Berlin!
Just for the record: I have been to more than 100 countries, I have NEVER been asked to supply a hotel reservation to get a visa for any of those countries,which goes to show how absolutely ridiculous it is to even ask for something like this.