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2 Charlie wrote:Was asked to do a job in Lagos recently, did my homework on the backer and politely said I was unavailable..
Hope everyone is well. Kurt, keep your head on a swivel.
RYP wrote:Isn't there some cottage dick washing business you can start up here. Like Kurt's Dick 'n Balls. A Clean Dick is a Happy Dick. You could buy a bunch of used golf ball washers and put them on the corner. Pay Dick Cheney to use his photo.
Kurt wrote:Now I am ill. Seems to be a pollution induced chest cold.
We went to Asaba and had to hire armed guards to go with us on a tour of Chinese construction projects on the Niger river. Every little trip is a mini adventure that wears you down after a bit. I do not have the stamina I did for running around chaotic places like I used to but it is good to get back in the game.
This place could be rich if only oil money was actually used for infrastructure instead of being stolen by various ministers in charge of the infrastructure. I have never met so many people horrified at the endemic corruption while at the same time being unable to do anything about it. A Governor who steals will do well but a Governor who uses oil money to actually spend on projects will be murdered or arrested because the powers that be do not want an example set that would eventually lead to their arrest or at least remove the main source of income in their lives.
There is a big discussion about a minister who was caught red handed stealing and when pressed on the location of the money he said "A snake ate it" then it became that his opponents cast spells and caused the snake to eat it. Soon he was attempting to get his critics arrested for stealing the money he stole via enchanted snake.
This is a similar story but there is a more recent one
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43030827
Trump will learn a thing or two about deflection. The real sign of a 'shithole" is when you report a rime and you get arrested for committing the crime you reported because how else would you know if it unless you were the thiief?
SRR wrote:Glad to see you're oot and aboot Kurt, Nigeria's fun no doubt. Though I do remember the beer kind of sucked.
I'm chilling in Montserrat today, will be praying to the volcano to behave. Otherwise everyone is too friendly and welcoming to classify this as a "dangerous place".
Kurt wrote:It is like a dirty shopping mall.
However if I was at the point in my life where I had energy to go to clubs and see new African Music I think Lagos would be the place for sure...however that time is long past.
Darcy wrote:Kurt wrote:It is like a dirty shopping mall.
However if I was at the point in my life where I had energy to go to clubs and see new African Music I think Lagos would be the place for sure...however that time is long past.
Some great blues coming out of Mali these days. And Ebo Taylor (Ghana) is old but so darn funky.
My memories of Lagos are having to be rude to not get rolled.
rickshaw92 wrote:How is Lagos for an independent traveller like me?
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