‘Legos In Lagos’ or ‘How Two Italians Conquered A Third World Country of Their Very Own’
The most often asked question of us from family and friends not in Nigeria is one of security. Many have read the reports of kidnappings and pipeline sabotage which dominate international news reports. Most of this activity is well south of Lagos, down on the river delta, centered near the city of Port Harcourt. There [...]
Well, we don’t have our furniture from the U.S., yet, but we decided to acquire our first Nigerian piece of furniture. Now furniture in Nigeria is mostly made of wood, usually mahogany, and it’s thick, heavy, and usually hand-carved. One of my Shell colleagues was transferring to Kuala Lumpur, and they had had a custom-made [...]
To those of you who like pictures - enjoy. This is The Civic Center across Five Cowrie Creek frm our home:
Okadas (motorbike taxi’s are everywhere and haul people and their goods (these are 20 foot long metal tubes ):
Lawma are the highway and roadway cleaners. You see them daily sweeping the roads and road gutters. There [...]
Sunday was a beautiful, sunny day - a not-so-unusual lull in the middle of the rainy season. We met Inayat and Conrad (expats who have been in Nigeria almost 3 years) and Steve (a new expat neighbor) at the front gate of our complex, unloaded their car, and crossed the street to the water, (Five [...]
