Originally Posted by
ubiest
Fantastic TR and pics of a fascinating place
Thanks, fascinating place indeed.
Originally Posted by
roadwarrier
Good on you!! Over the years I have often come across crap like this. Sometimes you feel sorry for the "Official" since they may not have been paid for a while - thinking Zimbabwe here - but in other cases, it is more of taking a chance to extort some $$$ from a "rich" foreigner.
But, another great TR from you, thank you for showing another side of Nigeria - my ex colleagues and I only know the Business side of things and never get a chance to see what real life is about.
Thanks! I'm leaning towards the latter in regards to the extortion. My buddy travelling with me had the same thing happen with the same official (he was next in line) so I'd be interested to know what his success rate is.
Originally Posted by
Flame3601
Awesome, I've always wanted to go to Nigeria, but was always taken back by the thought of it being a pretty boring trip and regards of things to actually do. I would even just go up to fly on the 737-300!
I sorta thought the same thing, but there's plenty to see and do, maybe not for a week, but a shorter period of time for sure. Calabar is decent from what I've read, and there's plenty of scenic waterfalls in Cross River State, which is certainly the road less traveled. Abuja was a nice town as well, seemingly much safer than Lagos.
It's worth mentioning that Air Peace does have ONE Dornier 328Jet which is pretty rare, no idea where they fly it though. Not to mention the 735s which are pretty rare nowadays too.
Originally Posted by
flying_blue_white_red
Excellent and very informative TR.
Many thanks for sharing
Thank you!