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Calabar, Nigeria-It’s great to be back

August 23, 2010
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On the drive to the coincidentally named “Calabar kitchen” for lunch, Lagos and its 17 million inhabitants careen by; tumultuous traffic, the line of rusty buses and the exhausted masses waiting for them, the beggars sliding on flat wooden trolleys, the touts on the road, the tattered hawkers thrusting trays at people who either can [...]

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From Dubai to Lagos: Some comparisons

August 12, 2010
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I haven’t even made it to my seat on the plane and already I am in another world. Statistically and in attitudes Nigeria and Dubai are worlds apart. There are however some interesting similarities in these oil rich regions. An attitude snap shot The aisles clogged, the “everyman for themselves” mentality shows itself as we [...]

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Welcome to Nigeria, Cross River

October 10, 2009

(Original post 10/10/09) Humidity hits as we are shunted off down a long corridor dodging the odd chair and table that seem left behind. I’m functioning on auto pilot after 34 hours in transit and not having slept for 48 hours. The herd and I take a spot in the customs line. An different process [...]

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