The Rotarians who met us are extremely friendly and open. They appear genuinely happy to see us visit their country and see what they have accomplished.
The traffic is frantic. 4-5 lanes wide on a two lane road. Much "chicken" played to get in and out of lanes. Took 1 ½ hours to go 20 miles to the hotel. Seems Nigeria is moving faster yet everything seems somehow under control by those who live here.
Lots of small shops and sales stalls – these are different from India as not only fruit, vegetables and spices but also furniture, auto parts, and many more material things are sold.
Crazy how “hawkers” stand between cars or on the side of the road selling everything from newspapers, pop, water, dried banana or plantain, nuts, Nigeria dress, bread etc.
Large piles of garbage in some places with people picking through for items of value for resale or to be used for other things.
Derek says he see tremendous improvements and change since 2005. The roads are in better condition and there is an effort to beautify some areas.
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Hey there Mark :) Wendy told me you were 'over there'. I didn't know you had a blog up though - I stumbled upon it when searching for something to do with Rotary.
ReplyDeleteI will have to check in from time to time .. thouhg I imagine you're going to have a few items that take priority over posting on the blog.
When do you plan to return?