Comments on: Driving through Lagos, Nigeria

By: bayo

bayo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:05:55 +0000

Nigeria is another failed african country.human rights and Constitution are violated daily,under the nose of nigerian government.police abuse has reached high levels,innocent citizens beaten and arrested without reason.many nigerians died due the police conflicts with local people. Buhari administration has put nigerians in deep poverty. higher inflation,higher fuel price and food,low salaries,where minimum wage is 64 dollars per month,is making nigerians life a struggle. 14 million nigerians are illiterates,and more than 9 million kids never been to school. this is what happens when you vote for promises or next level.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 12:39:10 +0000

In reply to best resorts in mahabalipuram. Yes, it sure looked that way! It didn't seem to matter what time of day it was.

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best resorts in mahabalipuram — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:18:37 +0000

Lagos has too many cars, not enough roads, so, the result is constant traffic.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 22:06:45 +0000

In reply to Michelle. Thanks, Michelle!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 20:08:45 +0000

Very interesting. Love the woman in the Nigerian dress!

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 05:56:10 +0000

In reply to Anita @ No Particular Place To Go. Definitely! That's how I felt after my two years in the Peace Corps in Malawi: like I got distinctly more out of it than Malawi did!

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 05:53:07 +0000

In reply to JD. Yes, that's probably what happens if the road's built on sand and it rains hard! That last photo was one of very few that I didn't take through the window of a moving car, so I had time to set it up properly.

By: JD

JD — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 02:13:39 +0000

In reply to Rachel Heller.

I liked the final photo of the woman & her son outside of her shop– she obviously understands how to organize!

I’ll bet that the undermining of the asphalt that IS there happens exactly during the rainy season- it probably floods & then the sand runs out from under it, causing the next few inches to give out & crumble.

Wow, I can’t imagine living in that chaos continuously…we are so spoiled!

By: Anita @ No Particular Place To Go

Anita @ No Particular Place To Go — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:37:04 +0000

So interesting. Your comment about the dust and dirt in dry season reminded me of our time teaching in a poor neighborhood in Nicaragua – dust everywhere, coating everything. I remember showering as soon as we’d get home and thinking that poverty could be portrayed by dust, dirt and heaps of trash. On the other hand I remember lots of smiles and feeling that I’d received more than I gave…

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:43:57 +0000

In reply to Betsy Wuebker | PassingThru. This was the dry season. I can only imagine how bad the roads must become in the wet season!