Archive for the ‘NIGERIA’ Category

West Africas oldest city?

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

The bus ride to Kano was long, im not sure how long, but over 12 hours. Long enough for you to forget what life was like before you got on the bus. The journey started pretty comfortably a few prayers from the obligatory preachers, who then turned into pharmaceutical salesmen for […]

Getting out of Lagos

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Day two in Lagos started as always with breakfast, and then another trip to the Cameroon embassy to drop the Passport off. Going by my past record its probably better with them than me. I decide to take a bit of a stroll around Victoria Island, I stumble across a big American […]

Getting into Lagos

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Eventually we reached the border crossing, the rain was absolutely hammering down. No-one else in the taxi needed passport stamps, so they all wished me luck. I ran out of the car and across the sopping mud, it was like a scene from a war film. The border crossing was a bit […]