Citilodge Hotel
Travel Blogs from Lagos
Togo to Benin to Nigeria!
... He offers us an escort and takes us to the hotel blaring his horn all the way! He calls himself the general and explains there are motorcycle clubs in all states of *****ia...he then starts to call each one to introduce us...Erm random! Before the obligatory dishing out of mobile numbers, email addresses an Facebook! Had a hot shower, a few beers on the beach, watched a movie and ate an actual chocolate that hadn't melted! Golden! Full breakfast in the morning ...
Hey, sistah
... were many people out walking among the colorful shopfronts, cafes and street vendors. As our bus wended through the throng, the armed escort advised us to keep the window shades drawn -would our appearance otherwise be so startling to the passer's by?
I went to the hotel salon during my stay. The beauticians were very welcoming and proudly made a point of ...
Badagry to Lagos by Van
... fortunately it is on the driver’s side. It continues to pour as we blow by the exit. Yomi shouts at the driver for missing the exit; the driver then starts backing up on the expressway in poor visibility. I am holding onto my seat tightly, just waiting to be rear-ended. Thankfully traffic is light and we don’t get killed reversing to the exit ramp.
We arrive at the hotel about 10:27. It has taken 3 hours 47 minutes to travel the 40 miles back to Lagos ...
Lagos Day #2
... son of a gun. There was no easy way to get back to my hotel to retrieve it. I’d need to buy another one, which didn’t seem like an easy task in Lagos. But then I thought to check the inside pocket of my camera case – and sure enough, there was an emergency spare SD card I had put in there years ago. Whew! Thank goodness.
I hopped on a motorcycle taxi outside the shopping center known as an “okada.” This is the most common form of taxi in Lagos; there ...
Flying IAH-LOS
... my meat medium-well and this was more like medium.
The Continental BusinessFirst two-phase dessert service has been maintained. First, a cart comes through offering cheese and crackers as well as grapes. I had already munched on some cheese and crackers in the United Club before the flight, so I had a small plate of grapes. Then the real dessert cart rolls down the aisle – vanilla ice cream with your choice of numerous sundae toppings such as chocolate ...