Nigeria, the land of plenty

Apapa room service Apapa is hosting the container port of Lagos. Actually there is now a second one on Tincan Island. Many people fear the area. This is where thousands of trucks are coming to load or unload goods in the container port. Some say it is infested with robbers and criminals especially in the areas where trucks are lining up, motionless in the wait to proceed to the port. Thankfully the queue of trucks, which is several kilometers long is limited to a single lane of the two that the road has. This means that other vehicles can pass on the other lane. Police is enforcing the separation but sometimes the weather decides to change the course of things. The area of the port entrance is potholed "very well" and when the potholes are full of rain water navigation becomes much slower. Everyone painfully horns its way through the single free lane. One can stay for hours thus becoming an easy prey for robbers who can simply break a window and steal whatever they ca...

Lagos Island on the harbour: open with Heineken As in all cities located by the sea, the harbour plays an important part in its activity. Lagos is no exception. It actually has quite a large expanse in the lagoon to host container ships and oil tankers, some of them parked directly next wooden huts spreading on the shore like a dense brown low height vegetation. Sea, ship and clouds The presence of open sky full of clouds, the sheer size of the boats and the expanse of water makes the place a exciting one for dreamers among others. That does not come from its beauty, but rather from its size which makes one feels like a tiny ant in this industrial environment. the container dock Containers are laid on the water side like a colourful wall barring the view of what is happening behind.  a wall of containers Boats are also works of art of their own, each one with a particular shape designed to perform a specific function. Their decoration ...