Landmark Hotels Port Harourt, Nigeria Port Harcourt

... to the univ**sity and I was on my own. The roads w**e jammed and th**e w**e hold ups ev**ywh**e, and the motor bikes flew around us like bees. The road to the univ**sity was awful and combined with heavy rain it was hard to see that it was actually a road. I met Kevin, he put me in a room, and we started with the compulsory Campus Tour in his lovely 84 model Toyota, with its special features like a weak batt**y and doors that open only occasionally. The campus was huge, green and ...

... das uebrigens auch mit Gmx ganz gut, also wu**de ich mich ueb** die ein od** and**e Mail sehr freuen! Andrea, nochmal h**zliche Glueckwuensche zur Geburt Eur** Tocht**! Leid** kann ich den Anhang, den d** Andreas mitgeschickt hat, nicht oeffnen. Hi** auf dem PC ist d** Acrobat Read** 4.0, d** du**fte nicht mehr so ganz aktuell sein. Heute abend gehen wir zur Geburtstagsparty von JJs Sohn Christian. JJ ist d** Chef in d ...

... two women, on separate occasions, had to be taken out as they started screaming and spinning around. I met the main preach** "Papa" aft**wards which was an event in itself. His office was und**ground and was beautiful. I impressed him with my limited Efik language skills and he gave me two signed books which was a nice gesture - his name is Emmah Isong for any hardcore Christians among you who may know him? We had ...

How are things? You all seem to be doing various exciting things in UK at the mo. Did ev**yone get the long email split into two last week? I seem to be having problems sending emails at the mo. Things are s**iously moving quickly h**e in *****ia - only 3 weeks til we fly to London and start our work in Edinburgh. As usual, ev**ything is hectic! I think I told you that I'm in the process of trying to twin the Flieyo school I work at with a school in Edinburgh with the ...

... to sponsor children = pay their school fees. Edinburgh and Calabar have so many more links than you would expect. For example, I didn't know that it was British missionaries who introduced Christianity to *****ia. Seeing as this (religion) is probably the main diff**ence between the two nations, it is ironic. Congrats to ev**yone who has passed tests and got job int**views - th**e seems to be lots of luck in the UK at the mo!

... h**e in Calabar) and is some kind of king also. We w**e required to p**form something for him and so we all decided to p**form a dance. It was half traditional Efik dancing (lots of should** rolling and shaking of hips - v**y funny watching the British males trying to do this!) and half English Country dancing (it was equally funny watching the *****ians trying to dance this). We think the Obong enjoyed it although I have a suspicion that he may have caught 40 winks during our ...

... to actually move along. The driv**s are mad and even worse than in Abuja - I've seen motorbikes drive right into taxis and just go off before the driv** has time to get out and shout at them! We "picked a bike" on Saturday (took a motorbike - public transport h**e is eith** a car taxi, a bus taxi or a motorbike taxi) and found ourselves going the wrong way down a busy highway... The locals have been v**y friendly towards us so far (apart from market hold**s who grab ...

... and boat), furth** adv**tising of our presence h**e and the extensive modification of the neighbouring building to become the accident and em**gency unit with short stay beds. The local people h**e are extremely welcoming and friendly. But they are mistaking me for a 'white man', which is what they call the oth** memb**s of the team. They are bemused by our presence h**e and that we are off**ing free em**gency/traumatic treatment, (since nothing is free in ...

... und** wat**. Th**e, the things get spoiled: aft** having bargained 2 hours, impossible to get a pass, or any transit visa of transit. The only solution is to come back to Calabar wh**e is the Cam**oonian consulate. Good! I have nev**theless tried to convince them with some CFA, but nothing th**e made. Politically v**y correct: they are afraid to be fired by the central office, once I would have been stopped on the road without visa! Th**efore I return to Calabar: it is 13h00 ...

... the right, for 1km, and with an undefinite width. Th**e we go by car, with Tony driving, which means people having to dodge the car. No place to park, so Tony moans something and stops to the side, right in the middle of the 1km long street. We get off the car. I hear some yelling and agitation. The crown gives way to 3 local policemen. What happens next is within seconds: The most excited cop approaches, yelling at Tony: doesn't have white at ...