January 24, 2008
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Things in Nigeria move very slowly. No one is in a hurry at all. When we stopped for gas at one station it took us nearly a half an hour to get it.
Many people carry things on thier heads. Of course this is bannanas.
This was very common. People carried a lot of things on small motorcycles. I would of loved to get a picture of the goats being carried on motorcylcles but was unable. Yes, goats were carried on motorcycles. It saw up to 5 people on one of these small cycles.
Here is the entire team with our safari guides. The one in white pants was our guide. He told me that he was a zoologists. In Nigeria the government picks your profession and sends you to school for it.
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Now that’s weird. I wldn’t want the government to tell me what to do!
I kinda like a slower lifestyle. Mine’s too hectic.
Really? How do they know anything about you nd what you would be good at?
I a so anxious all of the time I’m afraid I would not do well there. I would be in such a hurry. I know, I try not to be but…
Goats? ! Wow.
Have a great day Randy!
Slow would be a nice pace. I wish we could slow things up here a bit in the USA!
Change the faces and this could be any Asian country. It makes me yearn to go back.
I do like a nice pace, far too many things to do and get in during a day
I’ve enjoyed all the pictures you have posted! Thanks for sharing.
I really love the different perspective! Seeing stuff like that really makes me feel like a wealthy woman!
Hmmmm…except for the colder weather, some aspects of Nigeria remind me of here.
RYC: quite bluntly, the women in the house are the only ones here who do any “chores” Im lucky I dont even have to drag the garbage cans out to the road on monday nights.
the pace would be too slow for us american’s I’m sure. I got a kick out of the boys and girls not knowing what clothes are boys or girl’s clothes. The boys don’t mind wearing a girl’s shirt with a little Scottie ornament on it.
Great pictures! What an adventure! I love the one of the cave the Nigerians hid in from the slave traders…amazing info.
I am glad I live here.
RYC: You ran into your garbage cans?? PURE brilliance!!!
I got my permit a year ago (Nope, still havent driven but 4 times)…I have a blind spot in my left eye…so I have to be wearing my glasses when I drive, and I have to have side view mirrors, some garbage cans were in my blind spot, and I darn near took em out 
And everyone wonders why I dont want to drive??? what if it had been a PERSON and I didnt just “Darn near” take them out???
<3Ashley
I love your pictures. They make me miss my friend Kunle.
RYC:Bulgaria…I see the stuff piled up on the streets…people carrying things around with unusual transport… plastic tables and chairs outside every little shop and loads of little shops… bad roads….etc….
In Uganda, people carry beds and couches on the backs of their bikes…it’s insane! Uganda also has a much slower pace of life…”keeping time” just isn’t as important as relationships and events.
RYC: I hate driving. With a PASSION. Maybe if you let her drive once shell hate it as much as I do?
You can always hope…My stepson is 15, and wants to drive, my husbands all excited about him getting a car and stuff, Personally, I think its a bigger responsability than hes ready for.
<3Ashley
I’ve only lived in Uganda and Malawi, but I’ve been to South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and several places in West Africa. I might be leaving out a few – I was pretty young when I visited some of those places!
No two countries that I’ve ever been to have been the same. There are subtle differences as soon as you cross the border. For the most part, African countries are safe to live in, although there are always exceptions to that rule (like Eritrea) and at the moment Kenya isn’t very safe. Most countries have immigration offices on the borders, and you just have to go through them with your American passport and get a visa for the country. Sometimes that can be expensive, but it’s not really that difficult.
There are a lot of orphans, a lot of street kids. Even more than those, though, are the kids who have parents but no money even for school fees. Our mission has a program that gives sponsorship to kids who were orphaned by AIDS, so that they at least have a chance at an education. Thankfully, there are already a lot of mission organizations and orphanages here in Uganda. Of course, the need is never met…but God is working through so many volunteers here!
I had to laugh about the gas.. In kenya we joked about everything being in “five minuites”
the kenyan’s words of course!!
I always wondered why people carried things on their head.
I thought that would hurt the neck. But it seems so nature to them.
Thanks for sharing….
We get to see a bit of what the Nigerian culture is like.
RYC:
Thanks for your kind words.
I too appreicate what you said.
Have A Great Weekend! :0)
RYC
Thanks for sharing and acknowledging the connection in what I have been speaking of & what you have learned in Africa.
Thanks again, I appreciate that you are sharing a bit of Africa your blog site. Most likely, I will not have the opportunity to travel to Africa. I am thankful that I came across your weblog. It is a small world after all.
Also thanks for share about the culture. The short hair of the men and boys and so forth.
Hi, I’m loving your photos. Thanks for sharing them.
enjoyed the photos.
What a wonderful photo journey of your trip. Judi
If the number is only 5% of the population, that’s lower than most places in Africa. I’ve heard numbers up to 40% for some countries, and there are literally hundreds of thousands of AIDS orphans right now. That number is going to keep on growing, and some people estimate it in the millions within a few years. There’s just not really a good answer for this problem – I guess we just have to trust that God does really have a plan!
i would have loved to see the goat on the motorcycle. too funny.
Great pictures. Thanks for sharing your adventure.