Erik D: (nice to see fellow countrymen on the site, I see You've been fairly active here?)

Hehe, yes, I think the language barrier will be one of the greatest difficulties with such a trip.

Looks like I should try to learn french.. My employer would probably appreciate that aswell...

I studied at the agricultural university, and we had quite a lot of native africans studying at a special programme there (mostly commerce and development issues I think..). It might be a good idea to see if someone there would do some lessons in a common language for a particular area? They might want to learn some norwegian or more english aswell.

I thought of actually doing more of a foot-safari in heavy forested areas.. So I hope to skip the car and all the problems concerning them... Spending my huntingtime under a Landrover isn't what I plan to do...

In cameroon or central- africa: Travel on the rivers would probably be a better idea to get away from populated areas into real wilderness? And then walk into the more likely areas from the river.. I've also heard that the elephant in these areas hasn't been to hard poached as they're less accessible? Meaning I'm more likely to find a suitable one. Refering to the book "elephant buffalo and bongo" by von Meurers.

I won't cry if I go home home empty handed, because I'll then try again, and hopefulle stand a better chance since I've been there before..

Looks like I'll have a long winter learning foreign languages