Sunday we went to the international terminal of the Lagos airport so the dad could take his flight to Dubai... lots of business travel, fo sho. Iv'e gotta say, Lagos international is way worse than Abuja, so I guess I just need to put everything into perspective. Did get a marriage proposal from one of the armed guards at the entrance of the airport... haven't had one of those in a while. It was crazy humid on Sunday and as there was no air conditioner in the terminal, it was just balls-hot. Thankfully we weren't there for very long. Did some more car-tourist driving around Lagos before we headed home for an afternoon siesta. :)
The afternoon consisted of going to the Lagos Motorboat Club (kind of like a fancy yacht club, but for boats... with motors. I guess there's a difference? Why can't all boats get along? O_o) and just chillin' by the dockside. It was surprisingly pleasant, mostly because of the ocean breeze, and they had some Easter celebrations going on, so music was playing, kids were running around, people just sitting and chatting. The club is famous for their guinea fowl suya, so we ordered some of that, in addition to hummus (with meat! first time I've had hummus with meat sprinkled on top), shrimp h'or d'oeuvre thingies, and oh yes, I ordered a Chapman--it's this Nigerian non-alcoholic drink that has club soda, grenadine, some other kind of fruit juice and maybe... tonic water? I don't know. But it tastes good. :) Once it got to be around dusk time, we drove over to the Federal Palace, one of the main hotel/casinos on Victoria Island, and toured the backyard gardens, which overlook Lagos port. It was a pretty decent night view, didn't really look like Nigeria at all.
As a last hurrah, they took me out to a bar where I proceeded to get smashed off of white wine and tequila shots. Mind you, I didn't really have dinner, so the drunk effects kicked in that much faster. I ended up scarfing down peanuts from the bar so that I wouldn't get as sick that quickly. It's been too long since I've had that much to drink... had I known we were going to get LAMB suya afterward... I probably would have eaten less peanuts. Lamb suya, with the innards and everything!-- by far, the best tasting suya that you can get on the street (the chicken and beef suya at the Italian pizza place we went to the day before was more of a fusion food than traditional Nigerian street food). Course, I yaked all of it up after I got back to the apartment, not because I HAD to, but because it just felt better to do it... there's always that fine line between feeling sick and suffering through it, and then just feeling sick and having to [immediately] retch it all out... I didn't want to get to the point of the latter, so eh, pre-emptive strike! :)
Monday was just a relaxing morning, spent it watching TV, playing plants vs zombies on my ipad (very addictive game) and then headed out to the airport for my return back to Abuja. It was a relaxing trip, and nice to get out out and see what "real" Nigeria looks like.
I'll be uploading some pictures later... :D
The afternoon consisted of going to the Lagos Motorboat Club (kind of like a fancy yacht club, but for boats... with motors. I guess there's a difference? Why can't all boats get along? O_o) and just chillin' by the dockside. It was surprisingly pleasant, mostly because of the ocean breeze, and they had some Easter celebrations going on, so music was playing, kids were running around, people just sitting and chatting. The club is famous for their guinea fowl suya, so we ordered some of that, in addition to hummus (with meat! first time I've had hummus with meat sprinkled on top), shrimp h'or d'oeuvre thingies, and oh yes, I ordered a Chapman--it's this Nigerian non-alcoholic drink that has club soda, grenadine, some other kind of fruit juice and maybe... tonic water? I don't know. But it tastes good. :) Once it got to be around dusk time, we drove over to the Federal Palace, one of the main hotel/casinos on Victoria Island, and toured the backyard gardens, which overlook Lagos port. It was a pretty decent night view, didn't really look like Nigeria at all.
As a last hurrah, they took me out to a bar where I proceeded to get smashed off of white wine and tequila shots. Mind you, I didn't really have dinner, so the drunk effects kicked in that much faster. I ended up scarfing down peanuts from the bar so that I wouldn't get as sick that quickly. It's been too long since I've had that much to drink... had I known we were going to get LAMB suya afterward... I probably would have eaten less peanuts. Lamb suya, with the innards and everything!-- by far, the best tasting suya that you can get on the street (the chicken and beef suya at the Italian pizza place we went to the day before was more of a fusion food than traditional Nigerian street food). Course, I yaked all of it up after I got back to the apartment, not because I HAD to, but because it just felt better to do it... there's always that fine line between feeling sick and suffering through it, and then just feeling sick and having to [immediately] retch it all out... I didn't want to get to the point of the latter, so eh, pre-emptive strike! :)
Monday was just a relaxing morning, spent it watching TV, playing plants vs zombies on my ipad (very addictive game) and then headed out to the airport for my return back to Abuja. It was a relaxing trip, and nice to get out out and see what "real" Nigeria looks like.
I'll be uploading some pictures later... :D
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