… the adventures of an African traveler.
This trip to Idere Hills ought to have happened in July but was put on hold due to the herdsmen crisis in Ibarapa. #safetyFirst… I sent messages to every member of the Nomadic community who had shown interest and everyone sent in their payments before the departure date. Since the plan was to Travel down…
If you were blindfolded and kidnapped in Badagry, then airlifted to Araromi in Ondo state, you’d barely notice any change in geographical location. These were the exact thoughts in my head the moment we got into Araromi. Houses were identified by people’s names instead of streets and house numbers. In a house where the…
Olorun ma je ka k’agbako is a Yoruba prayer that literarily means may God almighty not make us cross path with Agbako. Figuratively, it means may we not encounter an unforeseen misfortune as we journey through life. You see, Agbako was a character in what happens to be one of the most admired literature books of…
In life, not everyone gets an opportunity to take a second shot at a missed opportunity. While this could sometimes be a fault of theirs, it could at other times just be that fortune isn’t in a good mood to smile at them. You see, In 2018 when I first explored Ibadan, I never got…
If the reason why you’ve come to read this post is that you are planning on going to Redline Leisure and Resorts soon, let me break your heart by letting you know that the place is far. I mean, it is far from everywhere. But again, don’t be dismayed, because If you can summon the…
Close your eyes for 4 seconds and imagine waking up to seeing the waves of the Ocean rolling and crashing gently on the rocks right in front of you as you sip from a glass half-filled with your favourite drink. Now stop imagining and open your eyes. Whatever you’ve imagined isn’t up to half of…
I’ve been traveling on water for the past 15 years, and never for once have I seen the body of water as angry as what I saw that Saturday morning. I think and the biggest mistake I made was not looking up the weather forecast before fixing my private hangout at Tarkwa bay. Why Tarkwa…
If this is your first time on my blog or the first time you’d be reading about my adventures in Eastern Nigeria, Start from here. We walked forward, still protesting the locked gates when a white minivan parked right beside us. The driver probably knew we were destined for Awka. Since he guessed right, there…
Do you know what they say about a man proposing and God disposing? I had my fair share of this fate while planning my quest to visiting The cafeteria Nigeria for bubble tea. The original plan was to go with a few friends on the second of January but just a few days before the…
If this is your first time reading this series, it’s advisable you start from here. Kurmi Market, Kano Founded by the Emir of Kano, Mohammad Rumfa, in the 15th Century in 1463, Kurmi Market is one of the biggest and oldest markets in Nigeria. It is positioned almost at the centre of Kano City, slightly away…