I'm too lazy to incorporate my pictures into previous posts, so I'll just post them here... :) I will attempt to put them in chronological order though...
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| Jess at the Abuja Airport, before leaving for the States (2/9/12) |
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| Me at the Abuja Airport, sitting across from Jess... what is that in my hand? (2/9/12) |
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| Annoyed/exhausted/impatient me... waiting during our 5 hour layover in Frankfurt (2/10/12) |
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| Jess staring out the window... what's so interesting? (2/10/12) |
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| I totally passed out from 2 glasses of red wine at meal (I never know if what meal it is on airplanes), Jess took a candid photo... and yes, I have slight Asian glow (2/10/12) |
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| Ok, these might be slightly out of order, only because I can't get stupid blogger to post them correctly... drag function isn't working. Tess and Jess: Leaving Atlanta! (2/26/12) |
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| Nadya, this is for you: Berliner and latte at the Frankfurt airport during our layover from ATL to ABV (2/27/12) |
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| Uh, this looks like Frankfurt?... not sure. But on our way back to Abuja... (2/27/12) |
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| Obvi, who is the one not too happy to go back to Africa... (2/27/12) |
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| Jess demonstrating one example of why small Asians have an advantage on the plane (2/27/12) |
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| This is us back in our apartment... trying to overcome jet lag. Why is it always harder when you come back to Africa? |
Just a bit of background on the next few pictures:
The USMG took us to the Mogadishu army barracks for Nigerian grilled fish on Friday evening. It's supposed to be a very Nigerian thing, to sit there in the charcoal smokiness, drinking beer, eating grilled fish with your fingers (no utensils allowed!)... and getting harangued by vendors walking around selling the most random shiz. I wanted Jess to buy me a blow up globe that we could add to our eclectic collection of a living room, but to no avail.
This place actually got bombed a year or so ago by Boko Haram, so not too many people were frequenting it, although I guess it's up and coming again... why would BH want to bomb the same place twice? O_o
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| Miss Fish Lady prepping the fish for grill... those fish don't actually have red scales... the Nigerian way to prep it is to slather the entire fish in peppe, their spice of choice (and it is spicy!) |
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| Jess and I shared a fish. They topped it with yam chips. Decent, with Star beer (although really, Star tastes like water). Notice the basin of water to the side... that was for you to wash your hands in... but where did the water come from? Probably giardia-infested... jk. Or not... |
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| Jess starting on the tail of the fish... |
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| Me... just.. waiting to eat. rawr. Cat? |
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