‘Legos In Lagos’ or ‘How Two Italians Conquered A Third World Country of Their Very Own’
Our Royal Caribbean Western Mediterranean cruise took us to the country of Egypt for a day, and we decided to make the most of it. Our ship docked at 6:30am in Alexandria, an ancient port city remade in recent history. With our limited time available, we decided to make the 2 ½ bus journey into [...]
Car load of fabric on its way to market.
Termite hill in Pendjari National Park.
Pinapples in the baskets and in the bags; pinapples everywhere!
Local fuel depot. The glass jars contain various amounts of fuel: 1 liter. liters and the large glass bottles 25 liters.
A large truckload of charcoal.
Elegantly dressed ladies.
One way to transport a bag of grain.
Bags of [...]
We rise at 5am on Good Friday to meet our group of 8 and to drive west from Nigeria to the Benin border, an early start to avoid the Easter Holiday traffic. We were up and ready to go, and so were 5 others, but one member never showed. We waited until 6:15am and finally [...]
Although this is a blog about our experiences in Africa, we think of Brazil as a “sister” country to Nigeria. After all, they were connected millions of years ago before the continents rifted apart. And if one is going to visit Brazil, what better time than at Carnivale, and what better way then by sailing [...]
