Transcorp Hilton Abuja Hotel

... leaving h**e we w**e told that the road to Abuja wasn't in the best of conditions - how right they w**e. To make it clear for you read**s - aft** leaving the tar sealed road we lit**ally had to use a riv**/road, road for the majority of the time but it had a chanel dug out by the rains. As no oth** ov**land truck had passed through this way it was a challenge to even find the right path at times. When we passed villages the locals would wave excitedly in our ...

... Olive Baboons, which frequently steal bags looking for food.
Finally our enjoyable trip up north was topped by the nicest bushcamp found to date - near Numan, the plush grass and mangoes trees reminded me of Brisbane backyards. Though th**e was one of the group that barely noticed - Brad come down with Malaria and was restricted to doing little ov** the next 10 days of fev**, aches, vomitting and gen**al lifelessness....

... numb** of them not even wearing uniforms (the ones who w**e being usually rowdy faced, batt**ed with muscles and sporting their AK's in a menacing mann**), was absolutely intimidating. I readily assumed this was their v**y intention: be as scary as possible to bett** extort money from little scared puppies. My fellow passeng**s informed me that what I was seeing was nothing; I was lucky it was a Sunday and all of the weeklong sinn**s had gone to church to confess and purge them, so ...

... an hour, 2,000. Two hours, 2,000." I was like "Well that's just a bloody rip off" and stormed out... quite possibly using a few more expletives as I did so. ******. S**iously do not put a wat** baby next to a pool and advise she can't go in. The end result will be a v**y grumpy young lady. Diary Entry­:- Now currently driving through *****ia thinking how v**y similar the land we're passing through is of Australia. Frequently I am looking upon ...

... joining them but v**y much looking forward to having more time to spend exploring the beautiful country of South Africa. I just hope Oliv** is as excited and doesn't regret not going through Angola too much. On our last night at the Sh**aton we headed to the Elephant Bar for goodbye and thank you drinks with Pet**. We got a brilliant photo of us all so Mike blew it up and made it into a card for him which we all signed. He was thrilled.

... But the most important thing that happened was that Egghead's friend Kelvin wanted me to come to Port Harcourt, in the ***** Delta. It is a large city with around 5 million people (or more) and known for its ************ment. He said he could get me to a meeting with Prof. Okoko, who is the lead** of the biggest organisation in *****ia, consisting of hundreds of diff**ent groups in the ***** Delta. He is a political scientist, and it would be v**y beneficial for my thesis. The ...

... my thirst. On the church front, Ngozi has invited my ev**y Sunday, but I have always found an excuse not to go. Even, Ochi, a woman in the office has said that I HAVE to come to church with h**e, but I have declined v**y nicely, sev**al times. I guess church is the place to meet people in *****ia, but I have some issues about attending church, and I would feel like a hypocrite if I went. Even Actor went to church on Sunday, and he was pretty wasted the day before. Nev ...

... me. I good a really good price and was asked to come back on Monday to pick it up. Moreov**, when I picked it up on Monday he was just finishing it, and it was actually nic** than I thought it would be. So I got a v**y nice Africa shirt for less than 20 US$. In the evening I just worked on the thesis, the whole evening, and by Sunday aft**noon I actually had a first draft of the whole thesis. 100 pages included ev**ything. I was kind of proud and I feel that I ...

... lagos to kick back and rock and roll:) I have to try an get in touch with Gani Adams so i can conduct my interview with him on monday or tuesday. Don't think I'll write during the weekend, but i should have some interestiong stories when i get back, but that is just a hunch:) Thinks are working out fine in the office and peoplea re nice and I know the names of most people now. So next time I write I'll have something interesting to tell. So take care and stay tuned for more wacky days