A Start of a New Life Adventure - Living in Lagos, Nigeria

Rob and I are starting and adventure of a lifetime. My job has taken us to Lagos Nigeria for a 3 (hopefully longer;)) year assignment. We are very excited to have the opportunity to live and work abroad. It gives us a chance to experience and learn about different cultures as well as meet people from around the world.

We arrived in country in early August 2009. In the last month, we have been "exploring" the markets, restaurants, various sporting clubs, and shopping plazas on Ikoyi and Victoria Islands as well as checking out the beach! Check out our photos below...

Our first night in Lagos. We (Rob, Kelvin - our sweet basset hound and I) made it safe and sound! We are enjoying our first Nigerian beers (Star).

The view of Five Cowrie Creek from our hotel window.

Fishermen on Five Cowrie Creek fishing from a traditional boat near our hotel.

Ahhh.....a day of relaxation at the beach. I bought the basket on the vendor's left shoulder and the one hanging up top on the left.

Traditional fishing boat "parked" on the beach..

The beach house and grounds our company provides for our use. Not bad..

Here I am "livin' the highlife". The beach is very steep. From where I am sitting it is a 5-10 foot steep slope to the water. The currents (undertow) are extremely strong and the waves are big. These waves are ~10 foot breakers. At another beach locality, there is a shipwreck on the shoreline that breaks up some of the wave. We have been boggie boarding here. I will post pictures of "Shipwreck Beach" in the near future....Stay tuned...

Rob, Lawrence, and Steve "livin' the highlife"....

Leaving the beach for the boat back to Lagos. The local village ladies and children carry our belongings back to the boat. It amazes me how they can balance/carry a full cooler on their head with little effort. Truely amazing.....

I find this picture really interesting. It was taken on our boat ride back to Lagos. Decomissioned boats are left in the waterways to decay while what appears to be functional boats tie-up to these sinking boats....