Arcade Club Suites Abuja

... at us and chase the truck for ov** 1 km...it was a fantastic exp**ience!

When we finally hit tarmac and stopped for lunch in Wawa, when I walked through the market the locals just stood still and lit**ally gasped at seeing a white p**son in their market. Many of the women had face tattoos/paintings, and wore beautiful coloured cloths - a strong, traditional and muslim tradition was apparent.

We stopped in ...

... y p**son along the way was v**y friendly, at this point *****ia does not fit the st**eotype....



For some reason we w**e staying at the carpark of the Sh**aton Hotel. I decided to splash out for the night and get a room for a couple of nights. We would be h**e for a bout a week to get visas in ord** and complete some repairs to the truck.



The niteclub in the hotel is beyond belief. The ...

*****ia was odd. I was expecting it beforehand because all I rememb** hearing from the vast lands of *****ia ev** since I was a little boy w**e bad, nasty, vile things. Then, *****ian music caught my heart, first by the likes of the supreme Fela Kuti and aft**wards, gradually, by a host of oth** rath** talented contemporary artists such as Keziah Jones and Asa. The urge of knowing Lagos, see with my own two eyes the infamous Kalakuta Republic (Fela's neighbourhood) and try to breathe ...

Aft** a night of constant noise the sun rose with welcomed relief. More than just a few times during the night I expected our tent to be rev**sed into by a car. In the early hours a group of people decided to hold a meeting basically on our doorstep. I did contemplate getting up to tell them to shut up but figured had best not as one of them would surely be packing an AK or something similar. Best to just keep quiet, roll ov** and try seek ...

... progress slow. Decided to still push for Abuja rath** than anoth** bush camp. Hit town of Suleta on dark. Total mayhem with road works and a lane being closed, the oth** side being a sharp grass slope. Cars driving in opposite direction trying to push their way through. Chaos. Pollution so bad it makes your eyes wat**. Two bikes try to go on the outside but end up sliding down the grass slope. Bit of ent**tainment for us. Aft ...

... t* stay h*me f*r s*me days. Staying at h*me w*uld just have been b*ring, s* I went t* w*rk and stayed *n Faceb**k all day and read newspap**s and *th** stuff. Friday was pretty bad t** and I wanted t* g* h*me early, but the direct*r finally had s*me time t* talk t* me s* I stayed put. Aft** waiting f*r three h*urs and time getting cl*se t* f*ur pm I just left the *ffice aft** telling his p**s*nal assistant that we c*uld d* it next week. The rest *f the evening, I just ...

... was surprised that th**e w**e only six-seven people. In addition, around 12 the next s**vice started some hundred met**s away in the hotel next to us so I decided to call Egghead and seek refuge. So I went to egghead and this time I found my way on my own. It was supposed to be electricity in Eggheads area that day, but they had not had a blink of it the whole day, so it was pretty hot. We had some good conv**sations about politics and I got to explain my theories about *****ia ...

... v**y tasteful. We got this gigantic fish, probably 1, 5 kg and fried potatoes. The fish was one of my best fish dinn**s ev** as it was so well seasoned and juicy that I am out of words. We w**e able to finish all of it (except the head, which I don't like). It goes without saying that we ate with our fing**s, as is the custom in *****ia. Aft** dinn**, he asked if we should go a bit furth** out of town and have a be** in this 'cool place'. We had been drinking since two and it ...

... It took me one minute to see that it was, pardon my French, a useless book. The first thing I do when I check a book is to read the ref**ences, and of the few ref**ences w**e from the bible and Wikipedia(!). The book is called God and *****ia, and is about *****ia's economic situation, and it is as far from academic as it gets,filled with lists and tables which does not do any good except taking up space. Th**efore, you can imagine my thought, when he proclaimed ...

... competence, because I do not need painkill**s/ fev** reduc**s because of an infection in my forehead. Nev**theless, I guess ev**yone can make a small cut in a fatty lump anyway, even if he does not know how to prescribe drugs. In addition, I got a bag of yellow pills without getting much information when and how to take them, so good advice is gratefully accepted. Back in the office, things w**e slow and I am not going to bore you with ...