I am blogging from the beautiful capital of Nigeria, Abuja, which shall be my home for the next 12 months.<\/p>\n

My internet access at the moment, while being 100% free and 100% unlimited is also 100% unreliable. Hopefully that will change very soon as there is so much I want to blog about.<\/p>\n

So far everyone I have met has been incredibly friendly and hospitable. Nigeria is the only country I have been to where an Immigration officer has said to me, ‘I hope you extend your stay to three years’. Not sure I will take him up on his offer but so far all is going well.<\/p>\n

The only downside being that I, along with about fifty other passengers had some or all of our luggage left behind. Thankfully for me two of my three suitcases that made it across were the ones that had my important stuff – my underwear, eight boxes of Jaffa Cakes and my flashlights (thanks Remi<\/a> I have experienced 4 power outages in 24 hours and I have had to rely on my torch for the two minutes of darkness before the generator kicks in!). The one suitcase that has all my shoes, Ketepa tea, Royco and java coffee shall apparently be with me tomorrow!<\/p>\n

Last night while driving around Abuja I noticed a few street names that reminded me of Kenya such as Eldoret Close and Embu Close (or Road…can’t remember) which are both towns in Kenya. Eldoret for many years was home to most of my family including Mshairi<\/a>, Uaridi <\/a>and Nyakehu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I know this blog post is rather disjointed but it is my attempt to cram everything in before my internet connection dies again. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWetin dey happen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em> is Nigerian Pidgin English<\/a> for ‘What is going on’ and is used as a greeting in the same way as one would say ‘What’s up?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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