Archive for August, 2009
Afi Mountains Drill Ranch
One of the real bright spots that we encountered in Nigeria was the Drill Ranch conservation project in the Afi Mountains. Drill Monkeys are one of the most endangered monkey species due to hunting and habitat destruction. The conservation project has a breeding and rehab centre in Calabar and then the Monkeys are taken to the Drill Ranch in the rain forest of the Afi Mountains where they are p
A BRIEF LUXURY AT THE ABUJA SHERATON
Overshot the border as there were no signposts we got to Nigeria without getting stamped so we had to go back. This is in Ilara a border town while our passports are being processed we had truck lunch once through we tried to change money in town but wont change dollars for us so we moved on Not one minute later we got stopped by Immigration checkpoint and there will be 8 more that afternoon
NIGERIA FOR 37 DAYS PROPERLY BROKEN DOWN
Nigeria Nigeria. This has been the hardest blog entry to write. I don’t want to sound like the peaceandlove Africa geek raving on about how friendly a country that most people hate is but I think the enforced extension of our stay in Nigeria allowed us to see a different side of it. Most people travelling through West Africa try to spend as little time as possible in Nigeria due to the countr