Calabar (Nigeria) : enjoying Nigerians
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Our reason for comming here was to get the visa for Cameroon – and we got a whole lot more: an easy-going town, a very hospitable guest house with views of the jungle and river, a little terrace facing the setting sun and delicious spicy fish meals (by Mama). Finding a good place to stay took a while because the town is quite sun-down and suffers from power shortages so you need to figure out if there is a generator - and if it's in working order! At the guest house we met a French-speaking Togolese church minister sitting on the little terrace in a three piece suite sipping a Guinness, later a certain Mr. Wisdom and in the evening a big man of few words named Happy. We had a great evening together with many laughs and interesting discussions discussions about the mysteries of Nigerian politics and business, God and our traveller tales till late that night together with Sebastian (captain of a fishing vessel) and Tony (a naval engineer). The next morning our curiosity about the big Merc in the drive-way was stilled: it was the vehicle of the minister from Togo, Happy and Mr Wisdom (now in suit and tie and wearing a pair of thick, black-framed specs). Their mission was to buy property in the area in the name of, wait for it.... "God Wisdom’s Properties Nigeria Ltd".
Getting our visa was certainly a lot easier (and more expensive at US$ 100.00 a piece!) than fitting the new tyres (and getting the old ones off) single-handed, but now they’re on and we are ready for the jungle roads that await us.
Our reason for comming here was to get the visa for Cameroon – and we got a whole lot more: an easy-going town, a very hospitable guest house with views of the jungle and river, a little terrace facing the setting sun and delicious spicy fish meals (by Mama). Finding a good place to stay took a while because the town is quite sun-down and suffers from power shortages so you need to figure out if there is a generator - and if it's in working order! At the guest house we met a French-speaking Togolese church minister sitting on the little terrace in a three piece suite sipping a Guinness, later a certain Mr. Wisdom and in the evening a big man of few words named Happy. We had a great evening together with many laughs and interesting discussions discussions about the mysteries of Nigerian politics and business, God and our traveller tales till late that night together with Sebastian (captain of a fishing vessel) and Tony (a naval engineer). The next morning our curiosity about the big Merc in the drive-way was stilled: it was the vehicle of the minister from Togo, Happy and Mr Wisdom (now in suit and tie and wearing a pair of thick, black-framed specs). Their mission was to buy property in the area in the name of, wait for it.... "God Wisdom’s Properties Nigeria Ltd".
Getting our visa was certainly a lot easier (and more expensive at US$ 100.00 a piece!) than fitting the new tyres (and getting the old ones off) single-handed, but now they’re on and we are ready for the jungle roads that await us.
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