Bike Tour Across The Lagos Bridge

18 miles down by 10:00 on a Saturday- not to shabby. Since today is environmental day, Lagos closes down the streets for a quick clean which means no cars are allowed on the road. Well, most cars aren't anyway. So the Nigerian Field Society decided to take this opportunity to bike across the Lagos bridge which gives a very cool view of different parts of VI and the beginning of the mainland. So at 5:30 sharp we headed out to meet at Shells camp to begin our adventure.

At 7:00 am right when the sun was starting to rise we headed out to check out all the sights in Lagos. The pictures summarize it better than I can. 

One picture that I didn't take was the first dead body I've seen here. I must admit it was pretty shocking, it was if the person was road kill- but I'm guessing his death didn't have to do with a car. Here if there is a dead body on the road you just leave it alone. Nobody report it or tries to clean it up because the police will a) pin it on you or b) make you pay the funeral costs. It a reminder of the harsh realities of Nigeria. 


K-mac