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Anybody been to Nigeria

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deep thinker

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Hey all, Im reposting this here in hope to get a answer. Im goin to Nigeria next week and was wondering if anybody here has been there or heard of anyone thats been. Ill be staying on Victoria Island for about 3 days and the first day Ill have all to myself, as site visits only start on Monday. So I was thinking maybe I can go to the trouble of taking my speargun and wetsuit along and go and investigate some foreign waters, but Id like to know if its worth while to go to all the trouble of getting the kit through customs etc. Any info will be greatly apreciated even if its just to tell me not to bother. Cause i know its not one of the most sanitary places around and also have heard of someone who got sick after swimming in the sea there. So yea any info anyone?
 
never been there, but might be going soon, a lot of my coworkers say customs are not the best experience there, so my first thought would be it might not be worth it.
Then again i recall seeing a movie called ""sahara" partly filmed in Nigeria, a scene had mathew mcconhey (or however you spell it) coming out of the sea with a speared fish.. :)
 
Well thats a positive thing then :) , maybe leave the wetsuit at home, seein that its warm water, I think, much warmer than what Im used to so I should be fine in a boardshort and just a second skin to protect against jellies. I could also leave the speargun at home seein that customs mite be a bitch and just use a sharpened broom stick or steel rod rofl , well maybe Ill just opt for a swim then :)
 
No but I have a driver picking me up at the airport and taking me everywhere I need to go. Hopefully I wont need the protection bit that much as Im mostly gonna be on site visits in Lagos itself, were designing a Nu Metro media store there. But just incase of a emergency the sharpened broomstick or reinvorcement steel dropper mentioned earlier mite come in handy, come to think of it maybe I should take my speargun along after all :martial . Hopefully it wont be that bad where Im gonna be, the company subcontracting us there does quite a bit of work in Nigeria, so maybe theyll feel more freindly toward me :). Well see how it is when I get there, this being my first real trip outside SA...
 
Be careful. Lagos is no place for anybody half decent, trust me. I hope your driver is well versed/armed. We did lots of personal protection for travellers to Nigeria as it was needed.

Take care, please.
 
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Will do thanx, Ill post from a internet cafe there to tell how it is and if the water looks freindly enough for a swim atleast now I can kinda prepare for something as up untill now Ive had no idea as to what to expect, the boss goes quite often so I guess hes used to it by now and forgot what his first few times were like. Besides if I dont feel comfortable in my surroundings I change em very quickly :)
 
DT
seriously man, i work in for a company that has an affiliate office in Lagos and the rule in Lagos is DO NOT LEAVE THE HOTEL! so dont think about internet cafe's and such...
 
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So what your trying to tell me is Im gonna be stuck in my room for the whole week, NOOOOOO!!!!!! Hopefully they have a well stocked bar, then atleast I can build up a expense account on someone elses bill...
 
not in your room but in the hotel, another piece of advice tey give you is not to use your credit card, theres a very high chance that it gets stolen, you know swiped/sanned whatever... not in restaurants not in 5 star hotels... also im sure they told you this by now, you need to take some medicine for malaria (malorone) at least 2 days before you and during your stay and i believe for a few days after you return..
have a safe trip
 
Yea Im busy on the malaria coarse allready and went for a few shots the other day, yellow fever ect. Had 5 shots alltogether, one on each arm one on each butt cheek and one on the stomach. I felt like I got hit by a train the next day, rather that than what I can bring home from there though :) .
Im staying in a guest lodge our client there owns so not exactly a hotel and luckily I get extra cash to spend. No ways Im using my own bucks for their comfort, I need that to buy more gear rofl.
I would have liked to be able to get into the water though but listening to all this it sounds like a no go :waterwork
 
Deep Thinker Read Your Post Several People I New Who Worked For The Oil Industry Did Not Say Kind Things About Nigeria .they Were All Picked Up By Large Security Forces From Airport For Their Own Protection By The Oil Companies They Worked For. Lagos Airport Was Not Sure If Still Is Was Listed As Unsafe Here In The States Good Luck. Funny Short Personal Story I Have Been Warned When I Was In The Phillipines By Philpinos Do Not Travel To Certain Towns Due Npa Abdu Safif Never Had A Problem Was Always Treated
Well Often Stuck Out Like A Sore Thumb.
 
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People I know who does regular 4x4 trips into Angola Mozambique and so on take a large supply of cartons of cigarettes and porno mags to bribe their way through 'roadblocks'. I also get the feeling Ill be sticking out like a sore thumb cigarlung, me bein a dutchman and all rofl . But hey its gonna be a experience so Im actually kinda lookin forward to going, Ill just keep my eyes and ears open so that I can notice in time when I should start running rofl or take out the bribing material ;)
 
The kidnapped 3 are italian pipeline technicians, so now they're 4 in a month homeguys targeted: WTF?
 
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I dont think its cause they are Italian, maybe they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. To me it seems like the militants come in with great speed and force and grab as many as quickly as possible.
 
Hiya

Since everyone is already scaring you, i thought i'd join in the fun!!

The locals have some very cute, lovable pets............rofl rofl

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I have been to Nigeria many times. I served for some years Personal Assistant to His Excellency Mr. Salisu Yarbuti, Deputy Third Minister for Petroleum Resources Applications.

His Excellency, as you are doubtless aware, was unjustly incarcerated by operatives of rogue elements within the Ministry of Mines, wrongly accused of improprieties in the matter of the Asspartin Rear Shaft, which, as it is entirely outside the purvue of the Office of Petroleum Resources Applications, was never even subject to His Excellency's control.

Mrs. Yarbuti and the couple's seventeen children have been living in exile in Palm Beach, Florida, USA since these unfortunate developments made life in Nigeria untenable. Mrs. Yarbuti has retained me to assist her in the matter of transferring her accumulated Nigerian government benefits and pension to her account in the United States.

My preliminary investigation has located some $US 73,400,000 in liquid assets in Mrs. Yarbuti's accounts in Switzerland and Grand Cayman, BWI. The accounts are unencumbered, and all that is required are elementary court filings in those countries to certify that His Excellency, on account of his incarceration and incapacitiy, is unable to execute second parts of the transfer orders. The banks in these respective countries routinely handles matters such as this, and have communicated their willingness to do so in the matter of Mrs. Yarbuti's accounts.

Unfortunately, my committments to Deeper Blue and to the sport of freediving in general are such that I can devote no further time or energy to this matter, much as I believe that Mrs. Yarbuti ( and, indeed, His Excellency) have been deeply wronged.

Mrs. Yarbuti has graciously accepted my regrets, and has offered a consulting fee of 30% of assets to anybody who will assist her in the matter of transferring her just and proper assets to her account in the United States.

All that is required to earn this fee, which amounts to some $US 24,000,000, is to advance the funds required by the Swiss and Cayamanian banks as adminstrative and filing fees, so that the banks' attorneys can register His Excellency's voluntary relinquishing of execution authority over the accounts in these respective countries. The fees total approximately $US 8,500.

Persons interested in earning Mrs. Yarbuti's consulting fees may claim this position by wire transfer of this sum, $US 8,500, to my account : Bank of Florida # 696913 - 666, with the message "Justice for Yarbuti" in the memo field, and of course full contact information.

The first gentleman to so express interest, and make payment in full, shall be awarded the Yarbuti consulting contract in full.
 
Sorry, Pkotik - didn't mean to offend and imply you joke about your work. Jeanette
 
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i dont know why I have the feeling that Deep Thinker is going to come back from Nigeria and tell us what a wonderful and peaceful country it is. THAT would be funnyrofl
 
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