Country Info
- Abuja
- Capital
- Naira (NGN)
- Currency
- 126,635,626
- Population
- NG
- Country Code
Nigeria Slideshow
Nigeria
Travel Blogs from Nigeria
First visit to Nigeria
... 22h00 and its was so hot my glasses fogged over :-) It was truly a wonderful experience we had fun with the Okezie family who made the trip memorable for us by being such amazing host. Because of them I never feel any anxiety about being in Nigeria ...
My stay in Lagos, Nigeria
... away. Once we made it to our rented apartment I felt so relieved. We went through a company called, "Make It Nigeria," to arrange all of our accommodations. The apartment looked exactly as advertised and they have a restaurant on the first ...
Nigeria - First Impressions
... be here. The diversity of the people to me seemed confused that an Oyibo would want to be here. Some say "welcome to Nigeria!" I've even been greeted in western street slang, which was really weird! Feeling so tired but looking forward to ...
Kwara: The state of Harmony
... 8 hour bus journey - Scrabble and sleep, oh how I love thee - and we met our host families. In Yoruba culture in Nigeria, respect is a huge deal, and so most of us were freaking out as to properly greet and elder one must 'prostrate'. Traditionally that ...
Lesson 9/10 - Blog Circus time
In Tuesday's double lesson, we had a class discussion about the differences between a blog and a diary. For example, in a blog, you can add photos, but in a diary, you don't usually do. Then the class were split into groups, and were given different ...
Lesson 1/2 - Postcards from the edge
We learnt about PAF, went over adverbs (quickly, as we knew what it was) and wrote some imaginative postcards under timed conditions. Shiregreen could easily be Sydney, couldn't it? What a trip. More to come soon, hopefully ...
Last Letter
... on when we got here because the office was closed...it's starting to get a little cooler now. Probably the funniest thing about Nigeria is the currency. It's called the Nara, and 90 Nara = 1 Dollar. The funny thing is that the highest denomination ...
went swiming
So Monday I started on a week of doing the night shift. I started at 10:00 pm and stay with the ship tell 6:00 am the next day. After that I went back to the hotel had some breakfast and went to bed. Got up around 1:30 and one of my German mates Max and ...
Kwa Falls
... how mad the driving is here - I see accidents happen pretty much every day, and Calabar is supposed to be the quietest place in Nigeria! Got ill for the first time last Wednesday - I think it was palm wine I drank a couple of days before. Am fine now ...
Popcorn, necklaces and a pretty dress!!!!
Popcorn, necklaces and a pretty new dress Well I figured it was time to let you know about what I have been up to. This week has been a busy week. Mostly just nursing stuff nothing too entertaining. I spent the week in the Emergency room with ...
VIC.O
First Day Nerves for Nothing!
After an intense but enjoyable day of training at Holland Park YHA we left for Heathrow Terminal 5 on Monday evening. We boarded at 10pm and arrived safely in Abuja, at 4am. Exhausted, we headed for the hotel where we were met off the bus by all 9 ...
Day 1 in Ado Ekiti
... to run tomorrow, to try to setting up a home for myself here. Feeling at home here is definitely needed -- I haven't taken to Nigeria the way I have to other places I've been, but I'm hoping that things get better as I get more used to being ...
To the Lutheran Church Nigeria HQ
Monday – We left for Uyo and Obot Idim. As we approached Ikom, you could see a difference in the terrain and vegetation. Things looked greener and there was more underbrush and also more trees. We crossed a very large river, the Qwa River. I felt ...
he wettest place on earth
Can you think of a place where yearly rainfall average stands at 11,430 mm. Yes; there exists such place and that too in India. The name of the place is Cherrapunji, and this place is claimed to be the wettest place on planet Earth. This ...
Immer noch Awka Etiti...
... mal! Wie ich den Kommentaren entnehmen konnte, habe ich Euch ein bisschen verwirrt mit all den Leuten... aber so ist Nigeria halt, es wimmelt von Menschen!!Na gut, nochmal ein bisschen was zur Erklaerung. Ich bin, wie die meisten sicher wissen, ...
Exciting India Holiday packages
Excited and waiting for your vacations...interesting. But if confused about which Tour packages to choose from, the best option is India holiday tour packages. India offers great opportunities in terms of India Holiday packages . ...
how many ways can you pronounce nike?
... I haven't magically become an expert in a week. Yet people still expect that if I have a Yoruba name, I should claim Nigeria as my own. When I went to the local government office in Ikole, the water & environmental sanitation coordinator spent ...
wild women in Wales
Great day yesterday touring the great beaches of southern Wales, even dipping our toes into the icy water in Tenby. The weather has been amazing....loving the travels....missing the ...
Passion and Chaos
... extremes - sinful wealth that takes your breadth away and extreme poverty. I am overwhelmed by the abundance in Nigeria of everything people, resources, corruption the works in abundance. As my Nigerian mother says 'there is everything in ...
Fallen in love with Ireland
After an early get up yesterday we arrived in Dublin on time and joined the huge queues at the airport for immigration. It seems the whole world is coming to Ireland. We collected our hire car and then faced the next challenge ... gettting off ...
Day 81 Australia Day!
Yay hey hey it’s Australia Day! So there are only 3 true Aussies on this trip and 1 Brit with a passport (sorry Marie Bree J ) but we figured any excuse for a party. Nancy and Chris had to go lodge our Angola visas so they said they would pick ...
Our first week in Hull
Last Saturday 15 girls from our seminar and me went off for four weeks to Hull to teach German in some primary schools here. Sunday our tutor Phil took us around the historic centre of Hull, which is just at the river Humber. Quite a nice old town ...
Day 6
Still trying to upload video - not much luck. May have to wait till I get back. Yesterday (Monday), the highlight of the day was our visit to 2 villages. It was quite a drive, down a twisting turning narrow red dirt path, deeply eroded and ...
welcome to the world
Hi, I'm staying in Port Harcourt, Rivers State near Aba road, welcome to enquire any information about the town whenever you have plan to travel here...cheers ...
Kashmir Holiday Packages India
Kashmir has everything which can be termed as beautiful. Pristine lakes, Mughal Gardens, colorful flower beds; it's the coolest place on Earth to relax and rejuvenate. Thus, if you visiting India and still confused, which India Holiday ...
I figured it was time for an update!
Well I thought that it was about time that I wrote a little bit of an update on what I have been doing. I have had a very interesting and challenging week. On Monday we went out on home visits. It was really nice to get out of the ...
Change!
... the message that it portrays about different countries and the perceptions that people get of places based on the media. Especially Nigeria; Today I'm going to try and create some balance by offering the side of the story that you don't often ...