Nigeria - The first and last time Janet Wilson, England We were worried before coming to Nigeria because they have heard about it a lot of horror stories. We wanted to go to south Africa, and it so happened that at that point the way through Nigeria was the safest route for us. We decided that it is best to cross the border in northern Nigeria, not to lose time in vain on a busy checkpoint in the district of Lagos (Nigeria's largest city, approx. Perevi.). The border of Benin and Nigeria to the Nigerian border, we drove up the alert, because I do not know what we continue to expect. However, police at the checkpoint we were greeted warmly and wished a happy journey. We went to the medical officer, who noted in their needed information about our vaccinations and also wished us luck on the road. Next, we waited for customs. And again, we have adopted is quite warm and even advised how best to get to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Head of the Customs Service told us that before us today, they saw only one traveler in a car and three other Germans on motorcycles, and all other cross this post on foot. Customs officers have agreed to give us a visa for 27 days instead of 7-day and gladly fill in a customs license to our car when we showed them where to put the press, and how and what to write in it. Then they helped us find someone who would be able to exchange for our money. Everything was just wonderful. Start encouraging, and we are on a dusty dirt road headed into the next on our itinerary of the village. We were warned that the road police and customs will often have to stop at checkpoints, and, quite possibly, we will have to pay them, so we were allowed to continue their journey, or at least make them any gift. At first, I decided to count how many roadblocks we encountered on the way, but soon lost count, because some of them have less than a kilometer away from each other. On some posts have passed without checks, but most of them have slowed, checked documents and are often asked what we do for them there. For them, we had a very simple answer: "All that we have for you is - it's a blessing." We politely thanked for the Blessing and passed. Occasionally met asphalt road sections, but sometimes we are thrown from side to side on the huge potholes. We are immediately reminded of the roads of Angola, although there is no need to fear the mines. There are no special places where we could set up camp and spend the night "in an open field in Nigeria is not safe, so we reached a small village, where we booked a house for guests. Tomorrow we get to the main thoroughfare of Nigeria, which comes from Lagos and goes through the whole country from north to south. This track is notorious for poor road conditions and high levels of traffic accidents. Read more:
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