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Category Archives: Nigeria

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Leaving land

  December 16, 2011 Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Encircle Africa, Nigeria

Tree sales on the street…even in Limbe its Christmas Its an exhaustive and exhausting day of travel to Aba. The minibus gets stuck in a go slow (traffic jam) caused by road improvement works a little before the Niger bridge, though the roads are generally in a useable condition. Its … Continue reading

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Nigeria, definitely!

  December 14, 2011 Africa, Benin, Encircle Africa, Nigeria

My only troubles that night were a lack of small change and no cocktail stick to eat my fresh pineapple with. Its not far to Krake, the border. On the Nigerian side the bribe requests start early. As its my first time in Nigeria I have to pay something I’m … Continue reading

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Nigeria, maybe

  December 9, 2011 Africa, Benin, Encircle Africa, Nigeria, visa

I had hoped being chased down the road by a batik wielding merchantwoman would call an end to Porto Novo, but sadly not… Next morning a haze covers Porto Novo and stretches to Cotonou and the Nigerian embassy, lowering the temperature to a pleasant level, but it has burnt off … Continue reading

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Go West!

  December 5, 2011 Africa, Benin, Encircle Africa, Nigeria, visa

Visa extended I grab my bag and jump in a six-place shared taxi; handbrake position again; heading in the wrong direction to see some of the country I missed. Ouidah’s museum of history in the old Portuguese fort of John the Baptist is a disappointment, but is the start of … Continue reading

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