Originally Posted by civicmon
Friend went to Angola and had some 'issues' with getting in, Pretty sure it was Luanda, said he slipped the guy some $$ and had no problem... Don't know the specifics.. was 2-3 years ago. Things may have changed naturally.
I'm really suprised that hasn't happened in Nigeria.. this was at LOS right? Place used to be notorious for stuff like that.
Luanda is the only entry port for outside air travel. Your friend may not have had the proper visa in order. Sounds like your friend offerred a bribe, and not that one was demanded. Different story in that case. In any case, the internal wars stopped about three years ago, so much has been cleaned up. The only issue I have had is that on my last trip one of the bag inspectors wanted to take my roll of toilet paper away. I told him to put it back because it is mine. He complied readily. It does help to speak Portuguese.
As for LOS in Nigeria, no problems there either with immigration/customs. The airport used to have a bunch of parasites outside the main building, but they have been cleared out by the government this last year.
M8