Hotel Presidential Port Harcourt

Thursday I was on my way to Port Harcourt, the place was all the white oil-people are kidnapped from. The bus was close so I walked th**e. We w**e 12 people travelling, all with pretty much luggage, and the bus company had the choice between an 11 seat** and a 14 seat**, and if you by know und**stand *****ian logic we took the 11 seat**, and it was crowded. Luckily, it was only 9-10 hours sitting on top pf each oth**☺. I was smart enough to get the spot next to a v**y cute girl on ...

Hallo zusammen! Ich bin imm** noch in Aba, bzw. wied**. Die letzte Woche waren wir wied** im "Dorf". Eigentlich ist hi** nicht viel passi**t und ich hatte urspruenglich geplant, letzte Woche schon die Weit**reise anzutreten, all**dings ist dieses Wochenende Ebele von Lagos h**gekommen, und dann kann ich morgen mit dem zusammen zurueck dorthin fahren. Ich hab also auch weit**hin, bis ich das Land v**lasse, einen Bodyguard/Kind ...

... I speak much slow** than when I first came to *****ia. Is ev**ything v**y Christmassy in the UK? It's boiling hot h**e and could not feel less festive. I'm actually really looking forward to being cold though - I've been sweating constantly for the past 3 months - mm nice.... Think I'm definitely a cold weath** p**son. Goodbye from Calabar! (wish me luck and patience for the forthcoming 13 hour bus ride to Abuja.....)

... really bit us! I found about 5 hiding in my shoe. I found a poisonous centipede in my bag on Wednesday. My bag got wet (Calabar weath** is v**y tropical - pouring with rain one minute and scorching hot the next) and I thought it would be ok left in my room. I took it outside to dry it prop**ly aft** two days and Aunty Bobo (I think she lives with us but you can nev** quite tell how many people live with you and how many are p**manent visitors) turned it inside out was ...

... say why they drew what they did. Pet** said he drew his canoe as it was something the white man invented which was a wond**ful thing according to him. Ev**y oth** p**son said that they drew their chosen object because it was invented by the white man and was bett** than whatev** they had before this. It was honestly one of the strangest times I've had h**e - not least because most of the things w**e not actually invented by ...

... These are usually run by nuns and focus on assisting the eld**ly and orphans. I visited a place like this last week and they told us how they lit**ally pick people off the streets who don't have any family or community support. I'll keep you all updated with events h**e. Sorry if I confused you with the last email. We're having transport problems and need to get back from Edinburgh to our homes on Decemb** 18th. If anyone is in Edinburgh at this time can they let me know thanks.

... when the teach** walloped a six year old for talking. We have to call all old** females "Auntie..." and all old** males "Uncle.." e.g. if I want to ask directions I would say "Good Morning Auntie" - v**y odd! I hope I rememb** not to do that when I return to UK or I'll get some v strange looks... Hope all is well with ev**yone - please make sure you fill me in with all the news. I've found an int**net cafe which works ok-ish and try to check emails once a week at least.

... to 30 beds and was used for private cold cases only. It is slowly turning into a trauma centre with an em**gency room, single theatre (soon to become 2) and recov**y. At present we have an OT nurse from Australia who has arranged theatres so that they run smoothly (even though the theatre is on the first floor!!), a logistician from USA who although white, has spent so much time in Africa that he could almost be African, an Italian nurse (the only female) who ...

... nowh**e, et go ahead. I arrive at Calabar around 17h00, aft** 70km more than planned. It's too late to cross the bord** tonight (220 km). I attack an Okada to find a small & cheap hotel (th**e is few visible hotels and night is coming up). 3700 NGN the night, one AC grass-cutt** type. I will manage. I'm not hungry: one packet of Rothmans, one coke. I want to take off v**y early tomorrow morning and escape from this ****ing country. § 2. When the bord** was th**e Friday 23/09 ...

In answ** to a forum thread on travelpodium, I had sev**al dodgy runs in Alg**ia and *****ia. The dodgiest: I was in *****ia for business, in the city of Port Harcourt, Riv**s State. Had to buy myself pants and socks, so I got on the car with one resident colleague and our *****ian driv**, Tony. I have plenty of dodgy stories with Tony driving, as he would get psychopathic within seconds, especially with local cops. That was one of my first days in ...