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Thanks for your time making the Trip Report and sharing the fascinating pictures.

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Originally Posted by fotographer (Post 30169269)

what a great report, it seems like you had quite a bit of down time, but still at least you were able to get a nice feel for the country and its poeple

We did indeed have a lot of down time. Very atypical for my travels, but when someone else is 'in charge' of you, there's not much that can be done. Either way, I enjoyed my time there. I'm just finishing up my week long trip to the Caucuses, which there was nearly 0 down time. :)

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Originally Posted by Dover2Golf (Post 30169855)

Great report.

I worked in Lagos for six months in 1985, I've never been back but much of it doesn't seem to have changed. The pictures of LOS are exactly as I remember it and I can certainly remember being asked to 'help out' the security staff who you encountered passing through. My relief arriving intact at the BCal gate with the sign of the lion rampant above it usually brought on enough sense of relief to bring tears to my eyes. It's not somewhere I will ever go back to.

I can certainly understand that sense of joy once you get to the gate, I have no doubt I would've felt the same way if I had visited Nigeria by myself with no assistance. I'm not sure I'll go back in the near future unless I get back with Fred and drive along West Africa as we had discussed.

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Originally Posted by Loose Cannon (Post 30177157)

Thanks for your time making the Trip Report and sharing the fascinating pictures.

Thanks!

Thanks for the interesting and detailed report. It's nice to see some on-the-ground reporting from Africa.

I see that the Chapman is as omnipresent as I thought :)

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Originally Posted by flatlander (Post 30184337)

Thanks for the interesting and detailed report. It's nice to see some on-the-ground reporting from Africa.

I see that the Chapman is as omnipresent as I thought :)

The Chapman was indeed a hallmark of every meal while in Nigeria. Thanks.

An excellent trip report. I worked in Nigeria (VI Lagos, Eket Akwa Ibom State, Abuja) 6 years and never saw most the things you have shown - guess I needed better hosts. I am always asked to return by my Nigerian friends I keep in contact with but the VISA process is a hassle. Agree with the pepper soup - it is very good as is the ram suya grilled down at Bar Beach in VI. Funny thing with Nigerian Customs in LOS which was a few people outside baggage stopping random people - The Nigerians at the time loved unlocked Nokia and Blackberry phones which I could get used cheaply in the US so I would bring 100 at a time wrapped in bricks of 10 back with me on my 4-5 annual return trips to the US. Was only stopped once and a 1000 naira later I was on my way.

Enjoyed reading your trip report. The best parts are the abandoned airplanes at the airport. I wish you posted more pictures of them :)
Those airplanes would be the main reason for me to visit Nigeria :)

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Originally Posted by nawlins (Post 31886001)

Sounds like a great way to make some extra spending money! Luckily I had contacts in Nigeria that arranged me a business visa on arrival (lol) so it was painless.

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Originally Posted by bwiadca (Post 31900538)

Thanks. I tried getting Fred to take us to the planes, but the road was blocked as I guess it's an airport access road, so the tarmac view was as close as we were going to get.

Thanks for an interesting TR complete with great photos.

However, it really reminds why I never let other people plan a trip for me.

On my list of places to go! Thanks for the trip report!