Nigeria, the land of plenty

waiting for passengers Back to the mainland to have a feel of Surulere and Ebute Metta's streets. The place is pretty much a market where everything can be found or close to it. As a result, traffic is bad even on a Saturday afternoon and pedestrians have to fight their way through tiny street sides. Yellow is the color of local transportation from mid-sized buses to three wheels called kekemarua after the name of a governor who brought them to Lagos. driving lessons with old Kaefer On the mainland driving lessons are given in old Volkswagen Käfer. They are ancient and sure enough once you can drive them and park with them you are an accomplished car driver! one stop shopping: food, music, clothes and money a quiet side street where "nothing pass God" ladies' corner: beauty parlour and wine food market in evening light All markets can be spotted at the colorful sun umbrellas which protect as much from the sun as from the rai...

to and from the city in the air One advantage of elevated highways is that they leave some ground space available for other use. They can be build without too much disruption done to the environment they traverse or so it appears when one look at the aerial lanes carrying flows of vehicles to and away from the islands of Lagos.  soon in your garden a railway The covered space below the concrete highway body is actually put to good use for parking, markets protected from the rain and the sun, taxis... got it covered This is where one gets a feeling of being in a really large city like Lagos, Cairo or Tokyo. Driving on the upper ones is like flying on a carpet, if traffic allows, and provides a more global point of view to understand the structure of the city. il faut trouver la voie which floor please? looking for a book on the way home goats for sale hit the ball or hit the road